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instant · Polaroid · ISO 80

Polaroid 665

Peel-apart black and white film that produced a usable negative as well as a print.

Polaroid 665 film emulation applied to a reference photo The same reference photo before any film look is applied Original Polaroid 665

Drag to compare. 9 renderings of Polaroid 665 are included.

Try it on your own photo → Download .cube

What this look does

The print side is contrasty with rich blacks; the negative variants invert to a fine-grained, long-scale rendering that could be enlarged.

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About Polaroid 665

Type 665 was unique: after peeling, the negative could be cleared in sodium sulphite and printed conventionally, giving both an instant proof and an archival negative. Ansel Adams wrote about it approvingly.

Included renderings

In Filmgrid each rendering carries its own name. The exposure and temperature labels describe how it differs from the base look.

Filmgrid nameRenderingLUT
Vintage Archive -2 stops .cube
Aged Gallery -1 stop .cube
Worn Darkroom base .cube
Quiet Letter +1 stop .cube
Nostalgic Studio +2 stops .cube
Dusty Diary -1 stop, negative side .cube
Muted Portrait negative side .cube
Antique Attic +1 stop, negative side .cube
Slow Bookshelf negative side, high contrast .cube

How to use this LUT

The download is a standard .cube 3D LUT, so it loads in almost anything: Lightroom Classic (Profile → Browse), Photoshop (Color Lookup adjustment layer), Premiere Pro (Lumetri → Creative), DaVinci Resolve (LUTs panel), Final Cut Pro (Custom LUT effect), Affinity Photo, Capture One and OBS. See the step-by-step guide if you have not loaded one before.

If you only want the finished picture, skip the download: open the tool, drop a photo in and export at full resolution. Nothing leaves your device.

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