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I get this question all the time — What are your favorite film simulations for Sony ? And although I usually shy away from answering,...

We’re ending the year with a bang... and a surprise! First off, the latest comparison of all Sony film simulations is here. I’m also...

This blog post will focus on the beloved Fuji Pro 400H recipe, which I believe is often unfairly overlooked. Despite its ability to...

Some of you might wonder why I don’t use Sony’s Creative Look settings to create film simulations. The answer is simple - when I first...

CineStill 50D Film simulation Sony a6700 Fuji’s film simulations are pretty amazing. It’s the main reason why ppl are switching from Sony to Fuji systems - even though they enjoy some of Sony’s features better. Take this. Fuji’s X100VI ( yes - the one that you can only pre-order for now & the most hyped camera out there) had record sales. And Google searches for this camera are booming. Why is this camera so popular? Well - I think it all boils down to the experience it provi

Did you ever load a film simulation, excitingly start shooting, only to discover it looks totally different from the reference image? The re

If you’ve ever seen Harry Gruyaert’s Kodachrome photos , you know exactly why this Kodachrome recipe exists. Rich colors with high...

If you’ve been shooting with film, you know there’s one characteristic of film that digital can’t capture natively - the halation effect. This effect is reserved for film stocks without an anti-halation layer. So, even if you've nailed the color aspect of film on digital (through film presets, color grading, LUTs or PowerGrades ), you might also want to add a bit of halation to complete the look. And today - we'll go over some methods that I use to emulate the halation effect

This is not a new film simulation, but finally, I found some time to organize images from last summer and wanted to showcase one of my...