Eterna Cinema film simulation recipe for a soft film like look in Summer
As much as I love the vintage vibes of Classic Chrome and Classic Negative, I keep returning to the Eterna Cinema film simulation in my photography. I prefer to shoot natural subjects and landscape scenes, and the tones of Eterna just feel so at home in these styles that it’s a firm favourite.
I also find myself drawn back to Eterna whenever I see it in use by other Fujifilm photographers too. It makes a welcome break from the almost endless use of Portra styles, and has such as welcoming and soft nostalgic quality to it. Just recently, I was looking back through Eddie Orr’s YouTube, and his Toledo recipe.
This inspired me to see if I could find a new Summer look, inspired by Toledo, but using the additional options on my X-S10’s X-Trans IV sensor. My adjustments took me a little away from Eddie’s original settings, introducing negative clarity and color chrome effects. I also found that I needed a bit more warmth at my more northern latitude, so I lifted his 5500K setting to 5800K.
Summer Story Film Recipe
- Simulation: Eterna/Cinema
- Grain Effect: Weak, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
- White Balance: 5800K
- WB Shift: -2 Red, -2 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR200
- Highlights: -1.0
- Shadows: +1.0
- Color: +4
- Sharpness: -2
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: -4
- EV compensation: 0
Recipes for Soft Summer Looks
When the weather is warm and you want a summer vibe for your photos, these recipes could be a good choice. They share some of the characteristics of Summer Story, and bring a mellow softness to images.
- Seventies Summer – go retro in the summer heat
- Eternal Sunshine – sunny day cinematic vibes
- Waldorf Astia – summer in the New American style
- Spanish Summer – max out the summer vibe
- Mallorca Mellow – my choice for a summer vacation
Summer choices from Fuji X Weekly
Here are a few of my personal summer style picks from Ritchie’s collection of recipes.
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 