BwXX - Black and White Negative 35mm Film

CineStill BwXX 35mm Film — A Cinematic Black-and-White Look That Survives Airport Security

The gist: A classic Kodak Double-X motion-picture film stock repackaged for stills, giving traveling photographers a distinctive, high-contrast documentary look — and one of the few analog stocks confirmed to survive airport X-ray screening.

• Airport-friendly: Unlike many high-ISO films, BwXX is documented to hold up through standard checked and carry-on X-ray screening, a real concern for anyone flying with film.
• Flexible exposure: Rated EI 250 daylight / 200 tungsten, but forgiving enough to push to ISO 800 if you're shooting in low light on the move.
• Distinct cinematic grain: Delivers deep, inky blacks and pronounced grain that reads as classic old-cinema, not a flat digital black-and-white conversion.
• Develops almost anywhere: Compatible with D-96, D-76, and HC-110, so most labs worldwide can process it.

The Phoblographer's Chris Gampat called it "a very unique film" with a distinct look versus Tri-X and T-Max, ranking it his second-favorite black-and-white stock overall while noting it's noticeably grainier and better suited to documentary work than studio portraits.

Best for: travel photographers who want a genuinely cinematic, high-contrast documentary look and don't mind visible grain. Skip it if: you need fine detail and low grain for portrait or studio-style work. Runs ~$12 — check the current price before buying.