Sunday, July 20, 2025

Fujifilm Acros 100, Ilford PanF+50 or Kodak Kodachrom 25 on the Camp Snap

None of this is any of my own ideas, I just compiling things which seem to work for me.
I use either Linux or ChromeOS as my main operation systems. The following will be available on Linux, maybe on ChromeOS with the Linux extension (not tested).

In RawTherapee film simulations can be applied to images using look-up-tables know as HaldCLUT. So far so good, we have all been using this once and a while, I guess. I you have not done this before, be aware that you need to point to a HaldCLUT-directory in the RawTherapee settings.

Would it not be nice if the camera can apply such simulations right away? Yes, of course, the Fujifilm range of premium cameras can do this.
What if I told you, the $70 Camp Snap can do that too?

Here is how to do it with the help of Turtle Bard's webpage Camper Snapper.
In essence, just follow the instructions. 

  • download the Ramp.png file
  • open the Ramp.png file in RawTherapee
  • apply the desired film simulations (there are plenty of those in the HaldCLUT)
  • save a 8 bit-png with an adequate name
  • upload your file to Camper Snapper
  • download the flt-file for the Camp Snap
Optionally, you can use Camp Snap's filter webpage to check the effect of the flt-file, without using your camera.

As I mentioned previously, the SD-card of my Camp Snap has a directory for those "filters". On the move, I can use my (cable connected) smartphone to delete the flt-file in the root-directory and copy a desired filter-file from my filter-directory to the root-directory.

Here you have it, a very simple method to get film simulations and Fujifilm Acros, Ilford PanF or Kodachrome on your $70 Camp Snap.

As a tip: you can dive deep into RawTherapee and apply various colour-filters to your BW-conversion as well. Once you got the hang of RawTherapee, there are no limits to creating jpeg-profiles for the Camp Snap camera.
Just remember it is a $70 camera and cannot compete with a Fujifilm X100VI.

Acros simulation with LED-flash --- tree in front of my home

same as above, different part of the tree though

Kodachrome

Kodachrome