Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

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

Tomas Derner’s Classic Negative

Classic Negative film recipe developed by travel photographer Tomas Derner.

Fujifilm photographers travel the world and it’s so exciting to see their journeys captured using film simulations and recipes. Once such photographer with especially striking image series is Tomas Derner (see his Travel Stories).

Tomas kindly shared details of his Classic Negative recipe, developed during travels in Bangladesh. It’s grainy and deep toned, working wonderfully with the skin tones and vibrant colours that he captures in such compelling style.

Tomas had the following to say about the recipe, “I recently developed a coloured film recipe based on the Classic Negative Fujifilm film simulation. This recipe is particularly well-suited to brighter scenes, although it can work in other situations as well. I highly recommend experimenting with this simulation and seeing how it can enhance your photographs. Good luck and have fun!”

A bit thanks to Tomas for allowing me to share this amazing recipe with you all.

All images: Tomas Derner, X-Pro 3.

Cinematic tone, deep shadow and grain. Tomas Derner’s Classic Negative.

Tomas Derner’s Classic Negative

Simulation: Classic Negative
Grain Effect: Strong, Large
Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
White Balance: 4460K
WB Shift: +4 Red, -4 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR100
Highlights: 0.0
Shadows: +1.0
Color: -2
Sharpness: +1
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: 0
EV compensation: 0 or +1/3

Version 2 with Auto White Balance

Tomas has since updated the recipe with a version 2. This maintains much of the impact of the original, but works from an auto white balance that you may find more versatile. Highlights are also softened in this recipe.

Simulation: Classic Negative
Grain Effect: Strong, Large
Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
White Balance: Auto
WB Shift: 0 Red, -1 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR100
Highlights: -1.0
Shadows: +1.0
Color: -1
Sharpness: -1
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: 0
EV compensation: 0 or +1/3

For more amazing photographic stories, visit https://www.tdernux.com/

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