Film simulation recipe for CineStill 400d on X100V, X-T4, X-E4 and X-S10 cameras
CineStill 400D
Always on trend (!) I’ve been enjoying Threads as a way to follow and engage with photographers. I follow a good spread of digital and film photographers, including several that shoot landscapes and urban nostalgia.
Today, I saw a simple set of images of a decaying family car by @douglasrhall parked on the lawn of what looks to me like an urban neighbourhood home typical of American industrial cities.
These shots were taken on CineStill 400D film, which has a wonderfully earthy and nostalgic tone. These two adjectives are also linked with Eterna Cinema simulation on our cameras, so that’s what I’ve used for this attempt to mimic the look.
In Doug’s images, the weather is cloudy, so I matched up the tones on some grey day and hazy sunlight samples. There’s a strongly cinematic mood in the resulting images. The look becomes different (and wonderful) in sunlight, and has a creamy softness in the golden hour. All in all, a success, and I had fun developing this recipe for CineStill 400D. I hope you’ll enjoy it too.
CineStill 400D Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Eterna/Cinema |
| Grain Effect | Weak, Small |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Off |
| White Balance | Fluorescent 1, ‑2 Red, ‑2 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR200 |
| Highlights | ‑2 |
| Shadows | 1 |
| Colour | ‑1 |
| Sharpness | ‑3 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | ‑3 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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