Azure Natural Film - Film Simulation for Sigma FP
Azure Natural Film - Film Simulation for the Sigma FP
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.
I used the Fill Light feature on this recipe to reveal the shadows. According to Sigma’s website, Fill Light “is useful to adjust the brightness of an image by adding extra light energy into the shadow regions without altering the exposure of highlighted regions.” As someone who often boosts shadows in photos, I really like this feature and it suits my editing style. Its a good additions to the typical shadow/highlight tools.
I hope you enjoy this simulation. I’ve provided a bunch of sample photos below. After reviewing these images, I’m once again affirmed in my belief that Sigma has the best color science on the market.
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Recipe Instructions:
Color Mode: Powder Blue (Strength -2)
Contrast: -0.2 (Contrast, sharpness, and saturation are found by pressing the AEL button while in the Color Mode menu.)
Sharpness: +0.2
Saturation: +1.0
White Balance: Auto (Lighting Source Priority)
Custom White Balance: n/a
Tone: Manual, Shadows 0, Highlights -5
Fill Light: +0.4
Color Palette:
Unlike many other film simulation websites, I try my best to include varied sample images, photos taken in diverse lighting conditions with diverse colors. This gives future users a realistic idea of what they can expect from the simulation, rather than giving unrealistic expectations by only displaying photos that show off the simulation’s strong points.
Sample Photos from Sigma FP with Azure Natural Film Simulation
All of these sample images are straight-out-of-camera JPEG images, the colors are original and have not been edited. All of these photographs were taken with the Sigma FP with an adapted m-mount Voigtlander 35mm f1.2 (version 1).
