Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Film simulation recipe for X-Trans 4 Fujifilm cameras with a mellow retro feel

Here’s a cosy and warm recipe that gives a softened retro feel using Pro Neg Standard as the base film simulation. It works well in a wide range of light conditions, but gives the best effect in soft or hazy light and around the golden hour.

The sims for Classic Chrome & Classic Negative get a lot of attention from recipe makers, but I’m coming to love Pro Neg Standard more and more. And, because it’s present on older cameras, people with X-Trans 2 and 3 may be able to capture the essence of this recipe by skipping the settings they don’t have.

Retro Standard Film Recipe

• Simulation: PRO Neg. Standard
• Grain Effect: Strong, Small
• Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
• Colour Chrome Blue: Strong
• White Balance: Auto
• WB Shift: +5 Red, -7 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR200
• Highlights: -1
• Shadows: +1
• Colour: -2
• Sharpness: -2
• ISO Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: -2
• EV compensation: +1/3

More Retro Looks

Retro is a bit of a catch-all term these days, and in our world of film simulation recipes it refers to a style that is nostalgic in appearance, but also in mood. So, pictures may either look older style like something from an earlier decade, or have that warm and muted look that is a bit dreamy. Here are a few more recipes that capture that retro vibe.

• Eterna Nostalgia – a soft mellow recipe with Eterna
• Retrochrome – an old tones style with Classic Chrome
• Astia Mellow – Film like looks with a mellow tone
• Retrocolor Negative – like old film prints with Classic Negative
• Coffee Chrome – retro cafe latte tints with Classic Chrome
• Nostalgic Fujicolor – Classic Negative like older Fujicolor prints

More Retro from Other Sites

• Vintage Vibes – old tones with Classic Negative, FujiXWeekly
• Vintage Kodachrome – like old Kodachrome slides from FXW
• Vintage Look – a retro style with brown tint, from E. Fung
• Street Romance – Nostalgic warmth, from Captn Look
• Classic Neg Fade – mellow soft tones, from Luis Costa
• Vintage Summer – bring on the vibes, by Mark Adams
• Nostalgic Print – pale teal tones from yesteryear, FujiXWeekly
• Nostalgia Color – old 35mm film tones from FujiXWeekly

With all of those, you should be set up so you can photograph in lots of different retro styles and impress people with your old tone vibes.