Fujifilm simulation Kodak Gold film recipe for X-Trans IV cameras
My first film camera was an Olympus OM-10 and I remember shooting roll after roll of Kodak Gold film with it. I wanted this recipe to not only capture the general feel of this classic film, but also to remind me of shooting film back in the day.
So I landed on Classic Chrome settings give that give a warm cast with a fairly strong +4, -5 adjustment to daylight balance. The other settings are more subtle, keeping it simple with a small adjustment to highlights and shadows, and a little extra softness. Grain is set to strong however, but you can of course tone this down if you find it distracting.
Also try: Gold Standard, a fresh recipe for Kodak Gold with Pro Neg Std, and for an aged look with desaturated warm tones, Classic Gold is also available.
Kodak Gold Film Recipe
- Simulation: Classic Chrome
- Grain Effect: Strong, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Off
- White Balance: Daylight
- WB Shift: +4 Red, -5 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR200
- Highlights: -1
- Shadows: +1
- Colour: 0
- Sharpness: -2
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: +1/3
There’s now a Kodak Film Recipes page bringing together all my Kodak inspired recipes.
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 