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STD (Provia) vs Velvia

Started Sep 15, 2021 | Photos thread
Coldpaw Contributing Member • Posts: 772
Re: STD (Provia) vs Velvia

That was most likely related to the subject, the lighting and last but not least the overall colors. Velvia can be really punchy, for my taste most of the time too much, so I barely use it. As Kamerakiri already mentioned, there are some film sims which provide a much more visible impact, like Classic Chrome, Classic Neg, Eterna or the fairly new Bleach Bypass.

There is a fairly in-depth article about the simulations over at Imaging Resource:
https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2020/08/18/fujifilm-film-simulations-definitive-guide

Here is a direct comparison between Classic Chrome and Classic Neg, while the difference in some photos is striking and visible at first glance, on others it's much more subtle:
https://www.jmpeltier.com/classic-chrome-vs-classic-neg/

You might want to give the Fujifilm X-RAW Studio software a shot, you can download it for free directly from Fujifilm. The software needs you camera to be connected and actually uses the camera itself for all the processing, with the software being more or less a more comfortable UI to control you in-camera conversions. This is the most comfortable and easiest way to compare different film simulations on different images.

As usual, depending on the camera, you can further tweak each sim with some additional settings. For example there is a Color-setting which lets you adjust the overall color (de-)saturation of the film sim. Staying with Velvia, set Color to +3 or +4 and the impact of the film sim should be higher right away.

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