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Some islands in Croatia. Rolleiflex 2.8f with portra400. Lab processed.

 

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Foca Universal, Oplar 28/6.3, Rollei Superpan 200

 

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digital photo - converted to film mode 

can it compete with real film photos?    thanks for your opinions......

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vor einer Stunde schrieb Suuumm55:

 

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digital photo - converted to film mode 

can it compete with real film photos?    thanks for your opinions......

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What to say? Maybe it's more suitable here.
But I had to admit, that I never found that any of this film simulations has something to do with the original. If I want film-look I use film.
Just my thoughts.
Btw: for me it still looks rather digital.

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M6 TTl, Summilux 1.4/50 (I), Portra 400

 

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Leica M6 | Voigtlander 35mm Ultron f/2.0 | Kentmere 400@1600 | Ilfotec DDX

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Full Moon at Sunrise.

Leica IIIa / Summar 50 f2 / Fujicolor 400

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Am 8.3.2025 um 18:45 schrieb fotomas:

What to say? Maybe it's more suitable here.
But I had to admit, that I never found that any of this film simulations has something to do with the original. If I want film-look I use film.
Just my thoughts.
Btw: for me it still looks rather digital.

thanks for your assessment - unfortunately i still don't know the really crucial differences..... 

is it the editing?

is it the different films?, although there are films that often look very harsh..... 

is it too high in contrast?

is it the faster digital editing?

is it the complex film development? 

 

Questions upon questions.......

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25 minutes ago, Suuumm55 said:

really crucial differences

Use a reasonably good display. Look at many pictures in this thread and in others. In very many cases the difference becomes immediately apparent even if you can not put the finger on what's different.

Yes, I agree that there are many instances where the difference is not that marked. But most images in this very long thread clearly are taken on film.

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vor 1 Stunde schrieb Suuumm55:

thanks for your assessment - unfortunately i still don't know the really crucial differences..... 

is it the editing?

is it the different films?, although there are films that often look very harsh..... 

is it too high in contrast?

is it the faster digital editing?

is it the complex film development? 

 

Questions upon questions.......

Guess there is no easy answer possible. You might see it if you do a direct comparison (same picture with film and digital). With a lot of work it might be possible to make a digital file look somehow look like film, but for me than it's less effort (and much more fun!) to use film. And since I have used most of the films in the film simulation thread I can tell that they had nothing in common with what I see there. 
But even films look totally different. Each has it's own character and is different from others. In addition the result also depends on how you expose and develop. The same film could look totally different if you overexpose and do a soft development or with an extreme push with a high contrast and underexposure. That is what this fascinating thread is about. Here you can get a idea of that great variety. It is a complex universe of it's own with endless stuff to discover.

In general I got the impression that the micro-contrast of film is higher and that sometimes makes the image look sharper then digital, although the digital image probably is sharper if you zoom in. Here an comparison I did some time ago. For me the film images looked more three-dimensional than the digital ones.

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The stars and the dark spots of the future foreshadowing

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Fuji Neopan 400, Metol sulphite and a lot of other stuff

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Glassware that haunts my dining sideboard

Hasselblad 203FE & 110mm Planar lens shooting Delta 400.

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On 3/8/2025 at 1:30 PM, Wayne said:

Henry, If you are still out there, This is the camera you helped me with. I am grateful. I think of you, and this list, whenever I use it.

It's been some time since Henry posted on this forum.  I am another user grateful for the inspiration provided by this thread he started.  Anyone heard from Henry recently?

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