Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Justin’s Kodak Portra 400 Film Recipe for X100V, X100VI and Fujifilm X-Series cameras

I’ve take a few passes at the Kodak Portra look in my experiments with film recipes. These have included my first version, Kodak Portra and a stylised variant, Kodak Portra Grainy which works well in sunny conditions. I also published Kodak Portra Daily, which was more usable in a wide range of conditions, and has a lovely film-like tone and character.

But of course, film can have a varied character, and in the hands of different photographers and in different environments the results can be different. I follow a number of film photorgaphers and film photography groups, and began to see more and more Portra photos that had a look that was softer and not as creamy as some of the other Portra recipes out there.

Inspired by these sophisticated and soft toned examples, my interpretations evolved and I published my Aged Kodak Portra recipe, a Kodak Portra 160 film recipe, and now, this revisit of the Kodak Portra 400 look. In these latest three, I have switched to Eterna as the base simulation, finding that it more accurately matched the samples that I most enjoyed.

The result of all this time and testing is my Kodak Portra 400 film recipe, with a cinematic film-like feel, lots of versatility, and a wonderful output that has a sophisticated analog vibe. I’m very pleased with it, love shooting with it, and am happy to add it to the recipe collection.

Kodak Portra 400 Film Recipe

• Simulation: Eterna/Cinema
• Grain Effect: Weak, Small
• Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
• Colour Chrome Blue: Strong (IV) / Weak (V)
• White Balance: Fluorescent 1
• WB Shift: -2 Red, -4 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR200
• Highlights: +0.5, or 0 on X100V
• Shadows: +0.5, or +1.0 on X100V
• Color: +2
• Sharpness: -2
• ISO Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: -2
• EV compensation: +1/3

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