Daily Astia

This recipe was born (and boringly named ‘Daily Astia’) because I have been lacking a daily Astia recipe that could work in a variety of settings, producing crisp, contrasted, natural images with rich, saturated, colours. An Astia recipe for every day use… hence ‘Daily Astia’.

The colours of Astia sit somewhere between Provia & Velvia. Because Astia is a little bluer and more saturated than Provia I decided for this recipe to shift the white balance quite heavily to the warmer side. It has a weak large grain and minus two sharpness, probably my favourite combination of these settings. The color setting is right the way up while the dynamic range is right the way down so be careful when exposing this recipe that you don’t lose those highlights.

As seen in this video…

Daily Astia

Astia
Dynamic Range: 100
Highlight: +1
Shadow: 0
Color: +4
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening: -2
Clarity: +4
Grain Effect: Weak, Large
Color Chrome Effect: OFF
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Strong
White Balance: AUTO (R4 B-4)