Polaroid Process in camera with Pentax
I wanted to share this process I use to create Faux-laroid images using the in camera filters of the Pentax K-7. Most of the information is contained in the images but I will add words as required.
While in playback mode the filters can be accessed by pressing the down arrow key of the four way controller. This reveals this screen
Select the Digital Filter and press the OK button of the four way controller. The next screen allows you to select a filter effect. Here I have applied the custom filter with these settings. Soft Focus 1, Tone Break Yellow, Shading -2
Once you set the filter parameters and select OK you will be presented with the option to save the file or continue applying filters, select the option to continue.
The next filter that I apply is the colour filter set to yellow with the strength set to 2 out of 3
This is followed by adding a frame
After this filter is selected it’s time to save the results.
And the comparison with a real Polaroid Spectra image
While the result isn’t exact and there is room for more experimentation the result is nearly as good as what can be done on a computer and is quite fast. In fact now that you have one done like this you can use it as a preset for processing other files the same way. By selecting Digital Filter when reviewing this already processed image you are presented with the option of recreating the effect.
After selecting this option you then scroll through and select the file you would like to process.
This takes the file from this….
To this
As you can see combining the filter effects provides quite a bit of flexibility and if you leave those processed images on your memory card you can use them as presets for applying to other images, information about that can be found in a previous post. K-7 Filter Presets