This month, I’m taking my Sigma FP back to one of my favorite cities, Vlore, Albania, to soak up some sun and create some new film simulations. The sea and the sand draw me towards using Sigma’s Powder Blue Color Mode, and I’ve slightly modified the white balance to warm things up a bit. This film simulation is only a slight modification of Sigma’s original, but enough to give it a unique look.

Enjoy this new film simulation for the Ricoh GR III and GR IIIx. It's called Ricoh Superia Summer. This recipe uses Ricoh's Bleach Bypass picture profile and adds lots of contrast and a custom white balance to give you a well balanced and pleasing look to your photos.

This is my Classic Chrome recipe for the Ricoh GR III. It is not an attempt to match the Fujifilm recipe exactly, but more my interpretation of what I want to see in Classic Chrome. This film recipe is based on Ricoh’s Positive Film, but features an adjusted hue and ISO fixed at 400.

I’ve been in Athens, Greece with my Ricoh GR III for the last couple days and I’ve been working on a new film simulation. I’m going to call this one Shady Summer Film. It has a cool white balance to balance out the hot summer sun. Most of the photos you’ll see in this article were taken just north of the Victoria Metro Station on the green line in Athens.

I’ve been longing for some rustic and earthen tones in my photography lately, so I set to work trying to develop a recipe for my Ricoh GR III. I originally started with “Negative Film,” but ended up finding the “Retro” picture profile to be a better base. I originally didn’t find “Retro” to be a particularly good foundation for recipes, but over the months, it has grown on me.

I’ve been seeing a Portra 160 film simulation for the Ricoh GR III floating around the internet recently. There are several variations of the recipe featuring slightly different white balance settings. This post is my test of my modified recipe and my attempt to document it for those searching for it in the future.

Film Recipe for Ricoh GR III and GR IIIx - Negative Color Summer. This is my first attempt to start a database of Ricoh GR recipes I find on the internet. In the coming months I hope to add new picture profiles I find online.

This new film simulation for the Sigma FP and FP L is based on Sigma’s “Portrait” Color Mode, which I’ve never used before. I haven’t toyed with this particular color mode enough to give you an opinion on its quality, but I will say these initial photos indicate good things. I think the Sigma did an excellent job capturing the colors and the contrast of the Albanian spring flowers and foliage.

The Powder Blue Color Mode on the Sigma FP continues to be my favorite built-in picture profile, and I’ve once again modified it to create a new film simulation on my FP. I’ve dubbed this one “Azure Natural.” This time, I’ve decreased the strength of the Powder Blue profile, setting it to -2. The saturation of the overall image is increased to the maximum, a slight amount of sharpness has been added, and contrast is slightly diminished. All of these settings can be adjusted and saved in-camera, and they are applied to the final JPEG image.

Hello all! Enjoy this new Ricoh GR III Recipe! This film simulation works with the GR III and the GR IIIx. Today’s new Ricoh GR III Recipe is called Retro Chrome 1600. All of the sample images are SOOC (straight-out-of-camera) JPEG images and the colors were not altered in any way.

Today I’m releasing a brand new film simulation for the Sigma FP and Sigma FP L called “Something Blue.” Having photographed with Sigma’s Powder Blue color mode a few months back, I wanted to create a film recipe that used similar, but more subtle, colors. This simulations is suitable for everyday photography and anyone who wants a pleasing look directly out of the camera.

This is a new film simulation for the Sigma FP series of cameras. If you haven’t checked out the color capabilities of the FP and FP L, I would encourage you to explore them. These cameras have a lot to offer in the way of customization and they even produce beautiful RAW files straight-out-of-camera. I call this film simulation “Moody Orange & Teal.” Its a tweak to Sigma’s own Orange and Teal Color Mode built into the Sigma FP.

Bonjour everyone! Enjoy this new Ricoh GR III Recipe! This film simulation works with the GR III and the GR IIIx.

Today’s new Ricoh GR III Recipe is called Luke’s Kodak Ektachrome 1600

This is the first film simulation where I’ve experimented with setting a manual ISO value. As you probably guessed, that value is ISO 1600. The elevated ISO certainly kept my shutter speeds high.

For those of you who enjoy film simulations, I’m happy to announce the release of a new one for the Sigma FP series of cameras. I call this one Natural Negative. It takes inspiration from two Ricoh GR III color profiles, Bleach Bypass and Negative Film.

For those of us who like to experiment with color, Sigma offers 15+ built in Color Modes for JPEGs and video. I’ve been testing these Color Modes and posting my sample shots here for other people who may be interested in the Sigma FP series. This week I used Sigma’s “Sunset Red.” I was able to take photos in a variety of conditions. I had a few sunny days and a few overcast days, which was helpful in ascertaining how this Color Mode performs in the varying elements.

The Sigma FP and FP L feature an Orange and Teal Color Mode that is genuinely impressive. Orange and Teal has long been a favorite of photographers and cinematographers, and now Sigma has brought an offering to the table. This review provides sample photographs to show why I think Sigma’s Orange and Teal picture profile is one of the best around.

I created a new film simulation (recipe) for the Sigma FP and FP L. This film simulation is similar to those used on Fujifilm and those you’ll find on the Fuji X Weekly website. The simulation is called Vivid +2. This article includes the recipe instructions and sample JPEG images. For vibrant colors, I increased the strength of the Vivid Color Mode by 2 stops. I really like the fact that Sigma allows the user to adjust the strength of the picture profile, something you can’t do on the Ricoh GR III.

I created a brand new film simulation (recipe) for the Sigma FP and FP L. This film simulation is similar to those used on Fujifilm and those you’ll find on the Fuji X Weekly website. The simulation is called Kodak Gold Leaf. This article includes the recipe instructions and sample JPEG images.

This is my 4rd article reviewing the Color Modes on the Sigma FP and FP L cameras. These cameras feature 15+ color modes which can be used when shooting JPEG and video. Previously, I reviewed “Warm Gold,” “Powder Blue,” and “FOV Classic Yellow” all of which I really enjoyed. This article is my take on Sigma’s “Monochrome” offering.