About Classic Mini Lab 2026

Most presets stop at color. A film scan is more than that — it's a decision made by a person standing at a Frontier or a Noritsu, reading a negative and deciding how it should be exposed, balanced, printed. That decision is part of what makes a real lab scan feel different from a digital photo with a filter on it. Classic Mini Lab 2026 is the attempt to bring that decision back into the workflow, not just the color it produces.

Every profile in the series starts from linear laboratory data — real scans from the Fujifilm Frontier SP3000 and Noritsu HS 1800, the machines that quietly defined how film actually looked in print for decades. That's the baseline every Classic Presets product works from. Mini Lab goes a step further: for Lightroom, it's being built alongside a dedicated plugin that doesn't just apply a look, but recreates the kind of image manipulation a real scan operator performs at the machine — the judgment calls, not just the destination. The plugin is still in development. In the meantime, additional presets already simulate that same idea, so you don't have to wait to get a feel for where this is heading.

The plugin is Lightroom-specific technology, which is why the Capture One editions — built on native ICC profiles instead — are priced lower. Same lab data, same color science, without the operator-emulation layer.

Maximum effort, for maximum authenticity

That's the standard behind every profile in the series: not just an authentic result, but an editing process that feels as close as possible to standing at the scanner itself.

Modular by design

Nobody shoots every film Kodak ever made. You have favorites — the stock that matches how you see, the one you reach for without thinking. Classic Mini Lab 2026 is built the same way: each film ships as its own edition, so you can build exactly the toolbox you use, instead of paying for a shelf of stocks you'll never load.

The films so far

Gold Edition — Kodak Gold 200 and UltraMax 400, the everyday film most people underestimate until they see it through a proper lab scan. For Lightroom · For Capture One

Kodacolor Edition — Kodak's newest color films, Kodacolor 100 and 200, launched October 2025 and profiled here from day one. For Lightroom · For Capture One

More films are planned as the series grows — each one its own edition, so your toolbox stays exactly as big as you want it.

Sample photos by Lucas Coersten, Daniel Dittus, Felix Rödiger, Maximilian Gödecke, Phil Hoefer, André Duhme