New Lut Update – PictureFX Leica Barnack – based on Leica type II & III 35mm film camera

Nicca 3-F and Zorki 1C Export Edition

Leica, the camera brand that captures the imagination of many, but who can afford it – or rather, who wants to spend that much money on it. Well, frankly, paying almost €1000 or more for a Leica II or III with a lens and that age ? even if it’s a “Leica”, no thanks ! But that’s not to say you can’t try out a “fake Leica”. They give you the same look and feel, and almost, not to say identical results, at a quarter or less of the price of the real one. And there are many : Leotax, Tower, Fed, Zorki, Nicca, …, I went for the Zorki 1c export edition and a Nicca 3-F . Both are almost identical copies, of which the Nicca probably comes closest to the original in terms of quality and appearance. The Zorki I bought in the Ukraine, the Nicca in Japan via eBay. I have shot many photos with it. Some were developed in a lab, other in Tetenal Neofin and again other in Caffenol. I based my new Lut on those photos.

But maybe not everyone knows who Barnack is ? Well, in a nutshell : Oskar Barnack is the inventor and maker of the first Leica, called Leica type I or the Ur Leica. Type II was the first real Leica rangefinder, but the camera was otherwise the same as type I. Later versions were further improvements on the first model. Film had to be inserted from below, the film had to be cut in a special way. More about Leica and Barnack can be found here.

De Lut then, PictureFX Leica Barnack, intent was to give a look and feel as can be found on many old photographs from the past and on the negatives that I have made myself. De Lut takes the first step for this. You can apply the Lut to B&W or color – jpg or Raw. On black and white you have a little more control over the color grading and opacity. Furthermore, you can add grain or noise and possibly vignetting. Add everything to taste and insight. Photos made with a real or fake Barnack are not perfect, light metering was done with an external light meter or with the “sunny 16 rule“, so you don’t go for Pixel Perfect ! More tips and downloads to get the Leica Barnack look, as well as the Lut can be found below.

PictureFX Leica Barnack

Download on FreshLUTs – Cube format

compatibility with different software packages,
of which :
Adobe Photoshop CS6 and up
After Effects – Premiere Pro – Speedgrade
DaVince Resolve
Affinity Photo
Luminar AI
Darktable
RawTherapee (via converter below)
and many more …

RawTherapee Users !

No, we will not leave you in the cold, the .cube can be converted back to a HaldCLUT or .png on this site : Vertopal free online converter

The Lut that you can download on FresLuts is a 25x25x25 .cube 3DLut. On request I can make a 64x64x64 .cube 3DLut or 125×125 PNG or 512×512 PNG HaldCLUT available.
Just send a message here.

Add Film Grain Textures :

Download Film Grain Textures :

https://www.behance.net/gallery/59398743/Film-Grain-Textures-8K-FREE-PACK

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