I think matching a particular color or style is a fantastic learning experience. I tried to replicate the contrast and colors of my Ultramax film shot using the RAW file from my A7CII—and I learned a ton about how Ultramax influences both color and contrast. Here’s the original post with my result. Now it’s your turn to give it a go with these files:
Wow, both of them are very convincing! I love your first try with agx-emulsion. It more closely mimics the blue color-shift in the shadows! Also the greens are closer in the agx-emulsion one to the film’s more olive colored greens. Good job
I also like the first better. I could get closer in the second but it would be more work, and the results might not generalise easily to other images. That’s why I spent some effort integrating agx-emulsion and now I use it all the time
I just brought my negative to a nearby lab (friend’s recommendation). I just got a drive link with all the jpegs in the end. I didn’t know that raw scans were an option. Sorry I can’t provide more insights on how they processed the film to get to the final jpeg. Next time I will ask about the availability of raw scans!
No problems, it’s just that the look you’re seeing might be due to the scanning & processing rather than the negative itself. I wouldn’t be surprised if the negative has more dynamic range that what you got in the jpeg for example.
