Canon Picture Styles and Film Simulations
Over the last few months, I’ve spent a lot of time testing Picture Styles – Canon’s version of Fujifilm’s in-camera film emulations.
I’m not typically a JPEG shooter. I prefer to grab my RAW files and edit them in Lightroom, but in a few cases, using film-like simulations was very efficient and convenient.
In this video, I show the results of those tests and try to explain the benefits of shooting with Picture Styles. It’s also a nice option for those Fuji users if they ever have to pick up a Canon camera and shoot film-like emulations. Picture Styles don’t have the legacy of Fuji making their own film, but it gets you pretty close.
There are two groups of Picture Styles I tested:
- Thomas Fransson’s Kodak and Fuji simulations
- Vision Wrangler’s collection of 158 Picture Styles (sadly, only available on the Cinescopophilia archive page)
Canon also lets you build your own Picture Styles using the Picture Style Editor software.