Get the most out of
your Retropia lens.

Everything you need to start shooting. Recommended settings, the small habits that change everything, and a few ways to make the lens earn its keep.

Essential setting

Enable "Shoot Without Lens".

The Retropia lens is fully manual, so some cameras will not detect it right away. Enable Shoot Without Lens (or Release Without Lens) in your settings and you are ready.

If your camera already shoots, leave it alone.

Tip 01

Shoot in bright light.

This lens loves light. Shoot in well-lit environments and the soft glow, the flare, the depth all come alive. Dim rooms are not its home.

Tip 02

Use flash. Even in daylight.

Pair the lens with a flash and you get the real disposable feel. Brighter subjects, softer light, that warm analog depth.

Even in sunlight, flash adds glow and film-style character you cannot fake in post.

Retropia® Retro Flash

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Tip 03

Embrace imperfection.

Do not chase technical perfection. The beauty of this lens is what it does not do. A little blur, an offbeat frame, a stray flare. That is the feeling.

Tip 04

Get close. But not too close.

The lens is fixed-focus and lives between one and three meters. Step in for sharper portraits and stronger glow. Step too close and it goes soft.

Tip 05

Finish the look.
Choose your colour.

The lens gives you the optical character. Our colour collection brings the rest. Real film emulations, built around the stocks that shaped the look of a generation.

51 Timeless Film Stock Presets
Classic stocks, one click. From warm Portra portraits to moody cinematic fades.
Complete Film Emulation Preset Kit
15 presets plus 35 effects. Grain, light leaks, vintage borders, film stock frames.
Film Emulation LUT Pack
12 video LUTs for cinematic colour grading in Premiere, Resolve and Final Cut.
Film Frames Pack
14 one-click film-inspired frames. From clean Polaroid edges to rough expired film borders.