My Fujifilm Recipes (2023)
If you know what Fuji “Recipes” are, you know.
If you don’t, here’s a video that explains it better than I could.
Stay Kodak Gold
Film Simulation: Classic Negative
Dynamic Range: 400
White Balance: Shade; Red: 3; Blue: -3
Color Chrome Blue: Strong
Color Chrome: Strong
Highlight Tone: -2
Shadow Tone: +2
Color: 0
Sharpness: +2
Clarity: -1
Grain: None, None (or Small, Strong)
Editing in Post: Increase or decrease contrast until satisfied
Stay Kodak Gold Ver. II
Film Simulation: Classic Negative
Dynamic Range: Auto
White Balance: Shade; Red: 3; Blue: -3
Color Chrome Blue: Weak
Color Chrome: Weak
Highlight Tone: -2
Shadow Tone: -2
Color: +2
Sharpness: +2
Clarity: -1
Grain: None, None (or Small, Strong)
Editing in Post: Increase or decrease contrast until satisfied
Diet Dr. Portra
I’ve personally found that the Fuji X Weekly “Portra” recipes tend to skew toward a sort of “Mountain Dew” yellow that just doesn’t match the results I get when shooting actual Portra 160, 400, and 800. The sky was also looking VERY green in a lot of photos I took with their recipe. I’m also admittedly not a fan of removing sharpness or adding grain in-camera — I would strongly prefer to do it later in Lightroom.
My goal with this recipe was to create something that would not look quite so out of place when I shared an image straight out of camera on Instagram next to countless photos taken on medium format and 35mm film.
Film Simulation: Classic Chrome — (If you want to return some of the warmth to the midtones without turning the sky green, use Provia instead of WB shift!)
Dynamic Range: 200 or 400
White Balance: Direct Sunlight (5500K); Red: +2; Blue: -2
Color Chrome Blue: Weak
Color Chrome: Strong
Highlight Tone: 0
Shadow Tone: -2
Color: +4
Sharpness: +2
Clarity: -2
Grain: None, None (or Small, Strong)
Editing in Post: Increase or decrease contrast until satisfied