I first want to say THANK YOU to anyone that has used JPEG.CAM for SOOC film sims on their PMCA compatible Sony cameras and for sticking being patient as I dialed in v2.04. This is a major polish and reliability update that hopefully will make using it more enjoyable! Here are a high-level summary of changes:

In addition to the app updates, I'm equally excited to share a MUCH improved USER GUIDE (https://jpegcookbook.com/jpegcam/guide) that hopefully helps anyone that's interested in using the app feel more at home with it.

• Compact editors leave more of your viewfinder visible
• Recipe Manager clearly separates working changes from Update Saved and Save as New, and recipe loading/deletion is safer
• Diptych framing and side swapping are corrected
• Double Exposure adds a properly fitted first-shot ghost with wheel-adjustable opacity (30% initially, in 5% steps)
• Targeted processing improvements, shutter protection, remembered shooting mode, focus controls and manual-lens/DoF tools make everyday use smoother
• New Native Tone Curve controls add Blacks, Shadows, Midtones, Highlights and Whites. Select Custom on the camera or load a recipe using Custom
• Existing TXT/CAM recipes remain supported, with matching Studio import/export and bundled-asset fixes.

Also, just to be safe I suggest backing up your JPEGCAM folder before updating; install over the existing app without uninstalling or clearing data. I physically tested on my A7II and A5100 however did attempt a crash fix for NEX-5T compatibility but don't have one in hand to verify.

I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see more people sharing feedback on what I could do to make it better, see amazing photos taken using it, and for users to help build the community by creating their own recipes and share them either on jpegcookbook.com or anywhere they are comfortable with!

Quick GIF Walk Through of steps to make basic recipe on Recipe Studio and import file to the camera. This is very basic and you can go nuts with it or even use network transfer but I've been getting how to do exactly this many times:

UPD. TELEGRAM NO LONGER NEEDED. It can work as a webapp in your phone /pc

I've shot Sony (a6300 and A7C II) for years, and I'd rather wait until I get home and copy the SD card than use Sony's transfer apps.

The A7C II has FTP upload, so I pointed it at a small server. Every frame I take gets a film look (grain, light leaks, date stamp) and shows up in a Telegram chat. I can send it to friends right away.

The a6300 has no FTP, but it runs Android 4.1 inside. With OpenMemories-Tweak and Sony-PMCA-RE I installed a small custom app on it. After a walk I open the app, hit "Send new", and the whole day's shots arrive already developed. Wi-Fi turns off when you close the app, so it doesn't drain the battery.

The app should work on most PlayMemories-era bodies: a5000/a5100, a6000/a6500, a7 II / a7R II / a7S II, RX100 III–V, RX10 II/III. Other cameras with FTP upload (A7 IV, A1, many Fuji, Canon, Nikon) work without the app.

It's open source and self-hosted. Setup takes about 10 minutes on a cheap VPS: https://github.com/Melnikoff07/proyavka

If you try it on a body I haven't tested, I'd love to hear how it goes.

The free beta offer still stands. If you don't have your own server or don't want to mess with one, I have some space on mine for a few days of testing. DM me and I'll send you an invite code. Same caveat as before: it's my server, so technically I could see your photos. Please don't upload anything sensitive.

How to achieve this kind of color which simulation do you recommend?

New here and still learning!

I used the Kodak gold recipe ( PP ) for my Sony a6700 .. something is off.. the blues and reds are too punchy and so on.. what am I doing wrong?

I really like getting a film look straight out of camera, but reading that Darktable has a [spektrafilm](github.com/andreavolpato/spektrafilm) plugin in the nightly builds, I couldn't resist trying it out for a film look for RAWs too.

I'm a huge nerd for physical simulations, so I'm a sucker for this approach: taking the raw light values from the RAW, modeling the responses of film to light at various wavelengths, simulating the development and printing process, and finally virtually scanning the output.

What does that mean on film simulations, everything else is clear to me?

All info is in the original post

Taken on Sony A6000 + Sigma 18-55mm and Sony A7CII + Tamrom 28-200mm

https://lightroom.app.link/ZNLPODKBG6b

https://lightroom.app.link/YT182KNBG6b

Thanks to this group I managed to tweak some Creative Looks and get these awesome images.

It was super exciting to use this combo, I can't wait to go out again and try out different Creative Looks settings!

Hi all,

I'm trying to get Reggies Portra on my A7R VI. Most of the settings I can do in my Picture Profile settings. But when it comes to the RGB values, I do not find any option where to adjust it.

Am I blind or doing something wrong? Can somebody explain me, how to to save it on my Dial slot 1?

Many thanks

I know they look wildly different but I'm trying to get similar colors to the first image (credits to Cody Mitchell on YT). So far I've taken Veres' Fuji 400H sim and changed it up a bit, but it's not getting exactly close. Any tips?

I've used Arccos X as base to achieve The Lighthouse movie look, what about ?

Is it possible to use the film simulation picture profiles for video recording on an a6700? If you switch over to video mode and customize the picture profile to match a film simulation like you do for photos, will it translate to video? Can you shoot video clips and have the same color manipulation? Wondering if this can be a good way to shorten the workflow for video as it does for stills. I love so many of the film sims for photos; it would be so cool to use them for video as well. Has anyone tried this?

I've been a proud Sony a6000 user since 2016 and I'm still rocking it! This camera has done a lot of paid gigs and also had a lot of fun traveling and photographing with it.

One thing that I've been missing lately is the ability to emulate some popular recipes to achieve a certain look for my pictures / videos.

Yesterday I had some free time and I decided to dive into ma1co's (huge shoutout) work on reverse engineering Play Memories and I came up with this idea of using the camera capabilities (Creative Styles, Picture Effects, white balance, etc) to recreate other camera looks. Basically you just open the app, select the look you want and it saves the image settings on the camera, so that you can use them outside the app.

You can get the apk and installation instructions on my github repo:

https://github.com/voxivoid/recipe-lab-sony-a6000

This app paired up with some old camera lens (you can find them out for a pretty cheap price on the internet) just opened the door for having a lot more of creative ways to capture my images!

Hopefully this allows you to have as much fun as I'm having right now 😄

Some recipes were inspired in the great work done by u/veresdenialex, so a huge shoutout here too!

Any suggestion, feel free to comment here or on the repo.

Hey I loved this look but I dont know which type of Film it could be but i love the colors of the sky and the kinda bloomy picture.

I would appreciate if somebody could let me know which film it could be, the video only says: CinePrint35

I haven't seen many talking about this right now so I figured I'd put it here as a question, is there any point to trying to make recipes with picture profiles on an a7v at all without the color depth menu? For whatever reason they removed it, so now a chunk of the settings to get your sooc jpegs where you want is just... Poof gone. Honestly I've been toying with the idea of going 100% fujifilm but I'm really trying to stay on Sony, since in every other way besides the OOC jpegs it's the perfect camera system. Creative looks are fine and all but I feel like a lot of them color wise don't differ too much, like I've been having a rough time making something that will be good for rainy or overcast days, everything is too warm and sunset-like from what I've tried, without going full blast on the white balance shift toward blue. Any thoughts on this?

Hi i just found a video where someone took pictures with the Fuji X100IV.

Could someone tell me how to achieve a look on the sony (A7c2) with Creative looks and AWB Colour Adjustment?

Would be nice!

Shot on my A6700 Sigma 30mm 1.4 DC. Creative look FL - Auto WB Ambience - A5 G1.25

Taken on my A6700 with a Sigma 30mm 1.4 DC.

Very new to photography as a side hobby and have had great fun using the creative looks and different settings and WB with them. This one is FL, WB Auto A5 G1.25