Re-Analog, Coastal Chrome by Marcel Fraij

Classic Chrome film recipe with cream tones and deep contrast

Re-Analog

Marcel Fraij is a photographer and educator based in the Netherlands. He has an inspiring style, often including detail views of textures, forms and partly blurred figures. His themed galleries are especially impressive, and you can explore some of these on his photography and recipes site.

I’m a big fan, so it was great to chat with Marcel recently about a new recipe of his. As you’ll see below, it has a distinctive creamed and contrasty Classic Chrome style, that is particular suited to holiday and vacation shots, or scenes including wood and sand textures.

Marcel suggested that I share this recipe here with you, and I am very happy to be able to do so. The guest recipes on this site provide another perspective on film recipe looks, and I’m excited to add Re-Analog to the collection.

Photos: Marcel Fraij, X-E4 with ttArtisan 27mm, Fujinon 50mm or x100v

Re-Analog Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Colour Chrome Effect	Off
Colour Chrome Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +6 Red, ‑8 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	+3
Shadows	+2
Colour	‑3
Sharpness	0
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	‑4
EV Compensation	0

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May 10, 2023

Olympus Trip 35, Retro Rangefinder Recipe

Classic Negative film recipe inspired by prints from an Olympus Trip 35 camera

Olympus Trip 35

Inspiration for my film recipes comes from all sorts of places, but I particularly enjoy looking at photos taken with 35mm film cameras and seeing the results. One of our regular film recipe challenge contributors, David Forsdike, recently shared a set of images he took on an old Olympus Trip 35 camera.

I’ve always liked this little camera, with is compact form and simple classic form factor in a rangefinder style.

In many ways it’s ideal, with easy controls that just let you take photos without the pressure of too many settings and functions.

David took his Olympus Trip out for a photo session, capturing, developing and sharing the images he took. Here’s a few to give you the idea …

These lovely images were taken in and around Narbonne in France, and David used Fujifilm 200 film in bright and sunny Springtime conditions.

In order to build a film recipe, I started to try and match certain characteristics of the images. Within the gallery there was quite a bit of variation, so I first decided to work from the ones (like those above), with a red shift and magenta cast to the blues.

With a Fujifilm film stock, I picked Classic Negative as the film simulation, and then explored colour balance and shift settings to get the main feel of the colour tone. The other main element was heavy grain, which I also added with a strong, large setting. With these main elements and tweaks to try and bring a little of the softness and nostalgia to the images too, I settled on the below film recipe.

It’s not a perfect match, but within the range of settings we have on our cameras, I feel it has captured the spirit of these nostalgic images and the analog feel of shooting in the 60s and 70s with rangefinders on basic 35mm film.

Olympus Trip 35 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Strong, Large
Colour Chrome Effect	Weak
Colour Chrome Blue	Weak
White Balance	Daylight, +6 Red, +2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	+1
Colour	+2
Sharpness	‑4
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	+2
EV Compensation	+1/3

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May 8, 2023

Cinematic Aquarius, Soft Tones for Spring

Eterna film simulation recipe with warm soft tones for outdoor shooting

Cinematic Aquarius

At the beginning of 2023, I released a mellow Classic negative recipe called Age of Aquarius, which was a great choice on sunny days for a softer look. For this related recipe, I’ve blended the settings from Age of Aquarius with the Eterna Cinema film simulation to bring a new soft look cinematic recipe into existence.

The result is a warm recipe with a very forgiving tone curve that makes it a great choice in soft or hard light situations. The warm soft tone is also excellent for a cinematic look in the golden hour around sunrise and sunset. With an Eterna base, it works well with blues, giving lovely soft skies, and with greens, there’s a mellow tone to grasses and leaves. I’m sure it’ll be a great choice for Spring and Summer.

Cinematic Aquarius Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna/Cinema
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect	Off
Colour Chrome Blue	Weak
White Balance	5000K, +5 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	+1
Colour	‑1
Sharpness	‑1
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Compensation	+1/3

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May 8, 2023

Lente Bok, Spring Special Velvia Recipe

Colourful Velvia film simulation recipe inspired by spring time greens

Lente Bok

I have used a couple of beer related film recipe names on this site, such as Wychwood Pale, and Pale Ale, and for this vibrant spring recipe, I’ve chosen a name used in European beer circles for the Spring special brews. Lente Bok beers are fresh and hoppy, marking the change from winter to summer styles.

In my film recipe Lente Bok, the spirit is much the same. This is a punch Velvia film simulation recipe with bold colour and plenty of impact. If you prefer colourful photography, this is a good all round choice to try.

Lente Bok Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Velvia/Vivid
Grain Effect	Off
Colour Chrome Effect	Weak
Colour Chrome Blue	Off
White Balance	Fluorescent 1, ‑2 Red, +4 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	‑1
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	‑1
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Compensation	+1/3

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May 5, 2023

Endor, with Greens from Another World

Pro Neg film simulation recipe for green scenes and nature walks

Endor

I love walking in nature with my camera, and have now made several green friendly recipes and film recipes to use in woodlands and forests.

A number of the built-in film simulations work well with green tones, with Eterna giving a mellow look, Classic Negative a striking cool tone and Astia a bright fresh tone. For something in the middle, with a soft and natural green, the Pro Neg simulations are the place to go.

For this green themed recipe, Pro Neg Standard is the base sim, with adjustments to colour balance for warmth and to shadow for pleasant contrast. In addition, to bring out the details, clarity is set to +2.

This combination works well in sunny woodlands and with greens in more shady or cloudy conditions. It’s a great choice for any nature photo walk, either in your local forest, or when out looking for Ewoks on the Forest Moon of Endor.

Endor Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	PRO Neg. Std
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect	Off
Colour Chrome Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto (Ambience Priority), +1 Red, ‑6 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	+2
Colour	+1
Sharpness	0
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	+2
EV Compensation	+1/3

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May 4, 2023

Tomas Derner’s Classic Negative

Classic Negative film recipe developed by travel photographer Tomas Derner.

Tomas Derner’s Classic Negative

Fujifilm photographers travel the world and it’s so exciting to see their journeys captured using film simulations and recipes. Once such photographer with especially striking image series is Tomas Derner (see his Travel Stories).

Tomas kindly shared details of his Classic Negative recipe, developed during travels in Bangladesh. It’s grainy and deep toned, working wonderfully with the skin tones and vibrant colours that he captures in such compelling style.

Tomas had the following to say about the recipe, “I recently developed a coloured film recipe based on the Classic Negative Fujifilm film simulation. This recipe is particularly well-suited to brighter scenes, although it can work in other situations as well. I highly recommend experimenting with this simulation and seeing how it can enhance your photographs. Good luck and have fun!”

A big thanks to Tomas for allowing me to share this amazing recipe with you all.

All images: Tomas Derner, X-Pro 3.

Tomas Derner’s Classic Negative Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Strong, Large
Colour Chrome Effect	Strong
Colour Chrome Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, 0 Red, ‑1 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR100
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	+1
Colour	‑1
Sharpness	‑1
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Compensation	0

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May 1, 2023

Kodak Portra Urban, for City and Street

Urban exploration film recipe in a Kodak Portra style

Kodak Portra Urban

When I travel into a city, I still have my photography itch, and will often go for an early walk from my hotel before breakfast. Golden hour in an urban environment is often quite different in feel to the mornings and evenings in my usual forests and country lanes, so I’ve put together a recipe for such occasions.

I’ve looked to captured the harder brightness of a city environment, along with the creamy Kodak vibes of the Portra style. The result is this urbex film recipe for taking city walks and street photos in a Kodak Portra style.

Kodak Portra Urban Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect	Weak
Colour Chrome Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +2 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	+1
Shadows	‑1
Colour	+2
Sharpness	‑2
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Compensation	+1/3

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April 29, 2023

Hiking Buddy, for Full Colour Photo Walks

Astia film simulation recipe with bold colours and punchy contrast

Hiking Buddy

A lot of my film recipes are based around a muted tones look, or nostalgic colour shifts. Hiking Buddy film recipe is something altogether different. It’s full of bold colour and punchy contrast.

The base for the recipe is Astia, a film simulation with playful colour, especially the reds and blues. That’s true of this recipe too, where any blues or reds will jump out of your photos. That’s not to say that other colours are muted, because in this recipe, all colours are full of life.

I’ve tested this recipe on a number of photo walks in the forest and by the sea. It seems very happy in bright conditions, but also cloudy and overcast ones. I tried it early and late in the day as well, and thanks to the Astia simulation, it brought blue hour to life with a boost to the natural blue colour.

Hiking Buddy Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Astia/Soft
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect	Strong
Colour Chrome Blue	Weak
White Balance	5500K, ‑2 Red, 0 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑0.5
Shadows	‑1.5
Colour	+1
Sharpness	0
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	+2
EV Compensation	+1/3

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April 27, 2023

Bright Daze, Astia Summer Fresh

Astia film simulation for summer fresh images, created by Darren Urda

Bright Daze

Here’s a bright and soft film recipe that brings a citrus freshness to summer scenes. It’s been created by one of our talented challenge photographers, Darren Urda. You can see his wonderful images of Australia in many of our user gallery collections.

For this look, Darren has pushed Astia into new creative territory with two stops of overexposure and a warm colour balance that really brings out the yellow and green, from the land of yellow and green.

I was keen to try it too, so at the bottom of the page after Darren’s excellent images, you’ll find a few that I’ve made with this exciting summer look.

Bright Daze Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Astia/Soft
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect	Strong
Colour Chrome Blue	Off
White Balance	7400K, +2 Red, ‑2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑3
Sharpness	0
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Compensation	+2/3

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April 26, 2023

Classic Print, like Prints from Fujifilm Negatives

Print style photo looks with this Fujifilm recipe for X-Trans 4 cameras

Classic Print

Here’s a pretty film recipe that’s great for capturing a wide variety of scenes, and brings the look of printed photos from Fujifilm 35mm film. It’s based on Classic Negative, with a few small adjustments to give it a slightly softer look for all round general use. There’s a definite hint of classic Fujifilm stock to this one, and it reminds me of packets of prints that you got back from photo labs in the days before digital.

This recipe is great for sunshine, but still delivers great results if things turn a bit more cloudy. Although it is warm toned overall, Classic Neg gives a slightly cool tint to vegetation, and is really wonderful with any reds you can track down. See if you can find brick walls, red painted gates and doors, old post boxes and telephone boxes, or classic cars.

Classic Print Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect	Weak
Colour Chrome Blue	Off
White Balance	Daylight, +4 Red, ‑1 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	+1
Colour	‑1
Sharpness	‑1
ISO Noise Reduction	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Compensation	+1/3