Midjourney v8.2 Film-Style Portraits: Camera and Film Specs in Prompts Deliver Striking Realism

michaelrabone · x · 2026-11-09

X user michaelrabone shares Midjourney v8.2 street portraits that convincingly mimic analog film: the prompt specifies camera body (Pentax KM), lens (Pentax-A 50mm F1.2), and film stock (Ilford HP5 Plus 400), combined with flags like --ar 3:4 --raw --stylize 150 --hd --v 8.2. The resulting black-and-white portraits—an elderly Cuban smoking a cigar—show remarkable grain and lighting realism. An earlier quoted post also demonstrates 16:9 cinematic portraits built by weight-combining multiple --sref style reference codes.

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