Vintage Color Film - Picture Profile for Sigma FP
Vintage Color Film - Film Simulation for the Sigma FP and FP L
Spring is upon us, which means I’ll probably ramp up my production of new film simulations for the Sigma FP and FP L.
The picture profile you’re seeing in this article was created using 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. Today I took my Sigma FP out for a walk around the lake here in Tirana, Albania. The flowers are in bloom and the foliage is bright green in its spring rejuvenation. I think the Sigma did an excellent job capturing the colors and the contrast.
For a creative challenge, I photographed all the landscape images in the 21:9 aspect ration. Sigma offers this aspect ratio in camera. I’ve used it a few times and I really enjoy it. It is similar to the Hasselblad x-pan format, although I don’t think the dimensions are exactly the same.
As always, the colors of these photos were not edited in post. They are straight out of camera JPEGs.
I hope you enjoy this recipe and the sample photos!
If you want more film simulations for the Sigma FP and FP L, check out these pages on my website:
Recipe Instructions:
Color Mode: Portrait (Strength +2)
Contrast: -0.6 (Contrast, sharpness, and saturation are found by pressing the AEL button while in the Color Mode menu.)
Sharpness: +0.0
Saturation: +0.6
White Balance: Overcast
Custom White Balance: B2, G2
Tone: Manual, Shadows 0, Highlights +2
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 Vintage Color 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).
