Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

A Classic Negative film simulation recipe for photo walks in woodlands, forests and the great outdoors

I’ve been distracted these past couple of weeks by the arrival of my X-S20 camera. Whilst many in the Fujifilm world have been enjoying their new X100VI cameras, I’ve been having just as much fun, with this upgrade from my trusty X-S10.

The reason for explaining this, is that whilst I’ve been testing Nostalgic Negative a lot, I’ve also been revisiting the Classic Negative simulation. In comparing the two, I’ve been finding a new appreciation for the wonderful green tones and characterful colour when using Classic Negative in a natural and woodland setting. Reds also look great, and the richer colour is especially strong in gloomy or wet conditions.

In the standard Classic Negative, there is a blue tone to green areas of your photos, which is strongly reminiscent of prints from Fujicolor film, but for this look, a strong -5 blue setting steers this back towards a more natural and contemporary look. As you’ll see below, this new look is great in nature and the green spaces of a forest or woodland. If you like in a part of the world where greens are in season, then I think you’ll enjoy trying out Woodland Negative film recipe.

Woodland Negative Film Recipe

• Simulation: Classic Negative
• Grain Effect: Weak, Small
• Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
• Colour Chrome Blue: Off (IV) / Off (V)
• White Balance: Auto
• WB Shift: +1 Red, -5 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR100
• Highlights: +0.5
• Shadows: -0.5
• Color: +2
• Sharpness: -1
• ISO Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: 0
• EV compensation: 0