The Architecture of Warmth: Meticulous Frontier SP3000 Emulation for Golden Hour and Skin Tones.
Discover the timeless warmth of Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak UltraMax 400 with the new Gold Edition, engineered exclusively for Capture One. I have built this premium color system entirely on linear laboratory data from Fujifilm Frontier SP3000 and Noritsu HS 1800 scanners, bringing the authentic, nostalgic character of Kodak’s most iconic everyday films directly to the core of your Raw workflow.
Many photographers mistakenly reduce Kodak Gold to a cheap drugstore film. But when driven through a professional laboratory scanner, its underlying color metrics reveal a highly complex structure.
Unlike the cool, clinical rendering of modern digital sensors, this 2026 profile reconstruction neutralizes standard color biases at the very foundation. Instead of relying on generic camera curves, I have compiled my underlying 3D-LUT architecture directly into native Capture One ICC Profiles. Operating at the base characteristics level, this system meticulously transforms how raw sensor data is interpreted. It mathematically balances the subtle, characteristic cyan undertones in the deep shadows and delivers a structural healing for digital harshness before any further adjustments are made.
Complete Control Over the Emulation
With 12 precisely crafted ICC profiles and a dedicated range of complementary Styles, you can digitally replicate the organic density of lab-developed film. Because the core color science is anchored directly within the fundamental ICC profile architecture, you maintain absolute data integrity. You can seamlessly switch between different exposure mappings or utilize the tailored utility Styles to soften harsh digital highlights and match your specific lighting conditions perfectly.
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12 Native ICC Profiles: The mathematical foundation of the emulation, applied directly within Capture One’s Base Characteristics and optimized for varying exposure levels.
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Absolute Data Integrity: Replaces generic camera profiles at the root, ensuring all subsequent Capture One tools operate on precise, reconstructed color metrics.
The Gold Edition offers a highly versatile, warm visual concept. It is ideal for everyday photography, portraiture, and golden hour sessions.
Simple, reliable, and intuitive.
Sample photos by Lucas Coersten, Daniel Dittus, Felix Rödinger, Maximilian Gödecke, André Duhme