My recreation of the classic look of prints made with Fujicolor Superia 400 35mm film
As I approach the milestone of 300 film recipes added to this site, I have been looking again at some of the iconic 35mm film looks that inspired the Fujifilm film simulations. Whilst the Classic Negative simulation isn’t explicitly described as a mimic for Fujicolor Superia, there is a strong likeness, espeically to prints from Superia film dating back 20 or more years.
I’ve reviewed my earlier takes on this aesthetic, such as my original Fujicolor Superia, Fujicolor Daily and the somewhat divergent Mother Superia.
Each of these is perfectly fine for exploring this style, but each is in a way a characature of the film look, expressing one feature of another. In this take, I have tried to present a recipe that is just that is closer to reality, perhaps more subtle, and bit more usable in a wide range of conditions.
Fujicolor Superia 400 Film Recipe
- Simulation: Classic Negative
- Grain Effect: Weak, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Off
- Colour Chrome Blue: Weak (IV) / Off (V)
- White Balance: Auto
- WB Shift: 0 Red, -4 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- Highlights: 0.0
- Shadows: -1.0
- Color: +2
- Sharpness: -1
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: +1/3
Try this recipe as a general carry around, or for a little more warmth, see also my Expired Superia recipe.
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