Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Nostalgic, soft tone and vintage film recipes using Fujifilm film simulations

Sunset Strip E6, Lomochrome Film Recipe

Bold cosy colours and a soft dreamy look, to mimic 36 processing of Lomochrome Sunset Strip 35mm film

It’s no surprise that I love creating film recipes, and when challenged to match an interesting look based on real world film I am right in my element. For this film recipe, I was approached by Mark LeonHeart, one of the Fujifilm photographers that uses the Film Recipes app. He was explaining to me, how when shooting film in the past, he had chosen to cross-process Lomochrome’s Sunset Strip film, not with C41 chemicals, but E6 instead.

The charm of these 35mm scans is undeliable, with a rich yellow tone, but also softness and vintage nostalgia.

Experimenting to create the look would be a fun exercise, and it would prove interesting to see how close it was possible to get with a Fujifilm film simulation recipe.

The starting point for me was to find a colour balance that delivered a similarly bold yellow tone, and to work from that to see which film sim would match the overall feel.

Blues remained distinct, although now shifted strongly towards greens, and hints in the boat steering photo included a vibrant orange too. Challenge accepted!

My resulting film recipe captures a lot of the qualities of these images, if perhaps not as much analog softness. I applied liberal amounts of negative clarity, but if you have one, a vintage or disploable lens conversion might be a great partner.

So here are my film recipe samples, and the details for creating the look in your camera.