Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Classic Negative film simulation recipe for a muted Fujicolor look

Here’s a film recipe that uses the Classic Negative film simulation to give a versatile recipe for use in a wide variety of settings. It has a look that reminds me of Fujicolor film photos, thanks to the wonderfully retro tones of Classic Negative.

Characteristics of this film recipe are softened highlights, a warm colour balance and reduced saturation. It means that the overall recipe is quite subtle, producing mellow, film-like images without overpowering colour.

Nostalgic Fujicolor Film Recipe

• Simulation: Classic Negative
• Grain Effect: Weak, Small
• Colour Chrome Effect: Off
• Colour Chrome Blue: Strong
• White Balance: Auto
• WB Shift: +3 Red, -6 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR400
• Highlights: -1.5
• Shadows: +0.5
• Colour: -4
• Sharpness: 0
• ISO Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: 0
• EV compensation: +1/3

Soft Tones Classic Negative Film Recipes

Out of the box, Classic Negative has quite a bold look with deep contrast. My preference is to soften this with reduced saturation and lifted shadows. Here are some other recipe choices that share some of these features.

• Pale Negative – with negative clarity for retro softness
• Soft Negative – a versatile Classic Negative with soft tones
• Pastel Vibes – a bright Classic Negative by Willow Rotter
• Decade Print – heavily retro styled photo prints look
• C201 and C202 – film-like Classic Neg, from Marcel Fraij
• Classic Neg Fade – Grainy with soft tones, from Luís Costa
• Fuji Supera Xtra – FujiXWeekly recipe for this fast film look
• Fujifilm Superia – the ‘standard’ Fujifilm film, by FujiXWeekly