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0 pointsyesimahuman5y ago0 comments

Yea I think that's the primary issue to me. The Acros one is pretty good but the others leave a lot to be desired. The Velvia simulation is basically just a high saturation mode without the magic of Velvia. Classic Chrome doesn't look like any film stock I'm familiar with.

Compare this to RNI film's preset pack for Lightroom which I find are much more interesting.

I think a big reason they won't ever come close to true film is that proper film simulation is likely lossy (grain/etc) which no digital film simulation in a camera is going to risk.

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xyzzy_plugh5y ago· 1 in thread

> Compare this to RNI film's preset pack for Lightroom which I find are much more interesting.

Sure but now you're paying a yearly subscription for Lightroom and buying third party presets. The Fuji profiles are free with the body and are pretty good for the vast majority of users.

Besides if you're developing from raw anyways, you probably don't care about the Fuji sims in the least. It's apples to oranges. For more casual JPEG shooters they're easily accessible and look great.

yesimahumanOP5y ago

Sure but I'm talking about the pursuit of the best quality film simulation, not merely a good enough solution for most people (which X definitely is, to be clear!)

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