§ Nikon daily recipe
Faded Summer Afternoon
A sun-bleached vintage recipe that captures the dreamy, washed-out quality of late summer afternoons through old film stock. Lifted shadows and reduced contrast mimic the fading of an aged color photograph, while the warm hue shift and restrained saturation recreate the amber-tinted palette of 1970s Kodachrome slides left too long in a shoebox. Perfect for street photography during the hazy, heavy-aired days of early September — when the sun sits low and the city feels slow. The flat picture control base allows maximum latitude for this lifted, vintage-toned look straight out of camera.
§ Settings
Nikon camera settings
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Picture Control | Flat |
| White balance | Shade |
| Sharpening | 1.00 |
| Clarity | -2.00 |
| Contrast | -2.00 |
| Saturation | -1.50 |
| Brightness | +0.8 |
| Hue | +1.50 |
| Exposure comp. | +0.3 |
| ISO | 200-800 |
§ Cameras
Compatible cameras
- Nikon Z f
- Nikon Z fc
- Nikon Z6 II
- Nikon Z5
- Nikon Z7 II