Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Classic Chrome film recipe for Autumn with pale tones and bright highlights

Marcel Fraij is a talented photograper, educator and film recipe creator from the Netherlands. He’s a regular contributor in our Film Recipes Facebook Group and publishes a number of excellent recipe on his Film Recipes page.

We were chatting recently about an autumnal recipe he had created, and I’m so pleased to be able to share it here as a guest recipe. Marcel explained that the photo series is from October ’21, taken with X-E4 and a Fujinon 50mm f2 with a close up lens from Olympus. He adds, “the close up lens is old and a has some scratches, maybe that provides the dreamy look.”

There’s a beautiful muted tone to this, with bright highlights for a sophisticated soft look. It’s perfect for subtle photography in the Autumn season, but will no doubt be a favourite in other seasons too!

Photo credits: Marcel Fraij

October Gold Film Recipe

• Simulation: Classic Chrome
• Grain Effect: Off
• Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
• Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
• White Balance: 5200K
• WB Shift: +1 Red, -5 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR200
• Highlights: -1.0
• Shadows: +2.0
• Color: -2
• Sharpness: +1
• ISO Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: 0
• EV compensation: 1

October Goldon a Dewy Morning

We’re back to my photography for this section. No more fungi, I’m sorry.

October Gold in Midday Sun

With a fixed colour temperature of 5200K, this recipe doesn’t adapt to the changing light throughout the day, and so I took a short test drive in bright middle of the day conditions to check how it performed. Close up shots very much fell within the aesthetic, but a general landscape view of trees and sky, whilst beautiful, was certainly not ‘gold’. See what you think …

Marcel’s other recipes

At the time of writing, Marcel has 9 other film recipes for you to enjoy. Each one is a wonderful example of what Fujifilm film simulations can do in the hands of a talented photograper. Take a look, but more importantly, load up October Gold into your camera to shoot the mellow scenes of Autumn ASAP.