Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Nostalgic, soft tone and vintage film recipes using Fujifilm film simulations

Ultra Color 200, Max Color Negative Film

Classic Negative film simulation recipe with boosted colour saturation

Here’s a Fujifilm simulation recipe that I made for cloudy and dull days, with punchy colour and deep blacks. It works in all sorts of conditions, but with a Classic Negative base and +4 colour, it’s especially great on gloomy days where the punchy colour and dark shadows deliver powerful pictures from the unremarkable light.

Whilst this film recipe brings some vivid colurs to life, it’s not an unatural look, such as you could get from Vlevia with a similar setting. Instead, this look preserves the nostalgic character of Classic Negative, and provides a style that is still very definitely Fujifilm.

I’ve also increased shadow depth in this recipe, meaning that images made with Ultra Color 200 have more impact that standard Classic Negative. This is balanced out with a stop or two of over-exposure so the resulting image isn’t too dark. I find it is a great choice for natural subjects like leaves and textures that you might discover on a dull day.

I tried it on a few evening city shots too, and the results were impactful and rich, reminding me a lot of photo prints from max style 35mm films. A few golden hour tests brought out vivid colours, especially in plants, such as the golden ferns further down in the image samples below.

For bold colours on a dull day, try the Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Ultra Color 200 Film Recipe

Simulation: Classic Negative
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
White Balance: Underwater
WB Shift: -1 Red, -3 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlights: -2.0
Shadows: +4.0
Color: +4
Sharpness: 0
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: -4
EV compensation: +2/3

Bringing out the colour details on a greay day, Ultra Color 200 film recipe

A spiderweb coated in morning dew, with the Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Deep tones enhance an autumnal mood, using Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Deep shadows in the sunny woodland, with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Capturing a winter sunset, with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Shoreline textures and details, with the Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Winter sunlight and a fallen leaf, captured with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Make the most of watery sunlight, with the Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Golden hour is starting and the gorse is in bloom. Ultra Color 200

Max out the colours at sunset, with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Fading fern in the golden light of sunset, with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

A different type of sunset, over the Thames this time. Ultra Color 200

Winter in Covent Garden, captured with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Deep shadows high distracting details, with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Late night crossing the river again, Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Woolly friends on the farm, with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Looking out from the barn, shot with Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Lime leaves in Autumn, using Ultra Color 200 film recipe

I’m pretty sure this was late October 😊 Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Deep and colourful on a gloomy day. That’s Ultra Color 200 film recipe

Film Recipes for Cloudy Days

For most of us, the sun isn’t shining every day, and there are cloudy conditions that might mean we need a little help getting great images. That’s when a film recipe for cloudy days can help. These can add atmosphere or impact to images when the sun has refused to brighten up the day.