Film simulation recipe for Kodak Portra 160 looks on X-Trans 4 cameras
There’s a magical romance that surrounds Kodak Portra film, and I see photos with recipes for Portra 160, 400 or 800 about as often as anything other than Kodachrome. The film itself is beautiful, with soft warm creamy tones that are kind to faces, but also work really well in sunlight for urban, desert and nostalgia shots. Think faded Americana, and you’ve probably seen Portra.
The recipe aims to show off that creamy 160 warmth and low tonal range that makes Kodak Porta such a popular choice. I’ve kept the colour down a touch, in keeping with my perference, and taken a small grain option. It’s soft, delicate and refined.
Kodak Portra Film Recipe
- Simulation: Classic Chrome
- Grain Effect: Weak, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
- Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
- White Balance: Auto
- WB Shift: +4 Red, -6 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR200
- Highlights: +1
- Shadows: -2
- Colour: -2
- Sharpness: -2
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: +1/3 or +2/3
More Portra
Several other recipes exist already, as I’m sure you know, with these few a great choice. First up are some on this site…
- Kodak Portra Grainy – with a Kodak Portra 400 vibe
- Kodak Portra Daily – a Kodak Portra recipe for day to day use
- Kodak Portra 66 – like a sunny roadtrip on Route 66
Portra on other sites
- New Portra – Marcel Fraij (recipe 6 on the page)
- Portra 160 – Piotr Skrzypek
- Portra 160 – Fuji X Weekly
- Portra 400 – Fuji X Weekly
- Portra 400 – IvanYolo
- Portra 800 – Fuji X Weekly
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 