u/SlenderSmurf

(Images not mine; Pinterest inspiration.)

-Low contrast

-Shadows that have a slight touch of brown to them rather than being grey/ black

-Slightly toned down saturation (though a touch brighter reds look good)

-Low clarity/ diffused light

-Grain

So far the closest I've gotten to these low contrast brown tones is with 1) Nostalgic Neg. (not as low contrast but has more of a brown tone already in the sim), 2) ETERNA / Cinema (lowest contrast film sim), 3) PRO Neg. Std (again it works because it's a low-ish contrast film sim) + combine with very warm K white balance with +red, -blue values (but it tends to go too red/ yellow rather than brown when pushed), -3 color, -4 clarity, -2 shadows, -2 highlights, strong small grain.

But ^^ isn't quite the look. It gives more a caramel than a true low contrast brown.

Buying a Fujifilm camera has made me fall in love with film like colors and color in pictures in general again but I find myself yearning for a bit more customizability. I can get lower contrast on a Sony camera.

Hopefully someone knows some combination of settings that can get a bit closer to this look. Or maybe suggest a Lightroom edit (even though it is so much nicer to get it in camera when you can). I do feel like the truth of it is being able to specifically color tint the shadows brown vs the rest of the image helps everything not go too sepia and stay pleasing. I just don't like to post-edit so much x-x.

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Is there a way to get close to this look in camera (low contrast brown tones)?

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