Punchy Classic Chrome recipe for X-T4 with deep shadows and a bold look
Manila Chrome
Here’s the second guest recipe by Manila based photographer, Grant Teng. If you didn’t yet see it, Manila Sun is a wonderful Eterna recipe for urban exploration and sunny day photography. It works well with the tropical light especially, but I’ve used it and loved it in the UK as well.
What we have here though is a superbly versatile Classic Chrome recipe. Again it’s fantastic in the city, but also has great versatility. So much so, Grant also calls it his ‘Daily Chrome’. It brings out the best of Classic Chrome with a warmed color balance, deep shadows and punchy colour.
Photo credits: Grant Teng, X-T4
Manila Chrome Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Classic Chrome |
| Grain Effect | Weak, Small |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Weak |
| White Balance | Auto (Ambience Priority), +3 Red, ‑5 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR200 |
| Highlights | ‑1.5 |
| Shadows | 1.5 |
| Colour | 3 |
| Sharpness | 2 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | 0 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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