Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Get a Kodachrome 64 look with Fujifilm X-Trans IV cameras

Classic Chrome is a wonderful film simulation in it’s base configuration, and with a few tweaks it can be shaped to give similar looks to the much loved Kodachrome films from the late twentieth century.

As with some of my other Kodakchrome recipes, this one is a result of iteration and experiments with the Fuji X Weekly recipes, that are rightly so popular with Fujifilm photographers.

This film recipe retains the slightly turquoise blues of Kodachrome with Classic Chrome, but is a little softer than other recipes, making it useful as a daily driver. It also uses an auto white balance, meaning it can adapt to different conditions more readily, and be tried indoors.

It’s a daily Kodachrome 64 look, with all that’s great about Classic Chrome in a single recipe.

Kodachrome Daily Film Recipe

• Simulation: Classic Chrome
• Grain Effect: Off
• Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
• Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
• White Balance: Auto
• WB Shift: +2 Red, -3 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR200
• Highlights: -1
• Shadows: 0
• Colour: -1
• Sharpness: +1
• ISO Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: +1 (leave off for faster shooting)
• EV compensation: +1/3

More Koda

• Kodachrome – bright and cheerful, modern Kodachrome style
• Kodachrome 60s – a retro take, with teal blue skies
• Kodachrome Classic – a retro toned 70s Kodachrome
• Vintage Kodachrome – add a nostalgic vibe to images
• Kodachrome Mono – Kodachrome processed in monotone

And, from Fuji X Weekly …

• Kodachrome II – Try the v2 recipe further down the page
• Kodachrome 25 – Back to the 70s with this classic film recipe
• Kodachrome 64 – A popular all-rounder with a retro feel
• McCurry Kodachrome – Classic tones with natural colour

Similar look and feel …

• Karmachroma – gritty Kodachrome feels
• Westworld – a classic Kodachrome style, similar to this one
• Retrochrome – an aged, nostalgic Classic Chrome recipe
• Soft Chrome – a gentle Classic Chrome for a soft mood
• Chromance – great Classic Chrome recipe by Tobias Gruber