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August 16, 2023

Inky Depths, Luxurious, Deep and Cool

Inky Depths

Inky Depths, Luxurious, Deep and Cool

Eterna Bleach Bypass film recipe with deep inky shadows and a striking muted look

It’s no secret that I love the Eterna Bleach Bypass film simulation and have great fun making recipes with it. I have, by happy accident, built up just about the largest selection of Bleach Bypass film recipes online.

This is my latest creation, which pulls together ideas from two other recipes, Wildwood Deep and Squid Ink, but is a look that’s all it’s own. It’s particularly exciting in the golden hour and bright conditions, making a wonderfully luxurious look with deep dark tones and highlight details.

One point to note in this recipe is the underexposure recommendation. To achieve the style, you do need to either expose for highlights, or underexpose at around -2/3 on standard metering. Embrace the dark side, and enjoy the Inky Depths.

Inky Depths Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Strong
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Underwater, ‑3 Red, +3 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	4
Shadows	1
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	-2/3

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August 3, 2023

CineStill 400D, Cinematic Soft Tones

CineStill 400D

CineStill 400D, Cinematic Soft Tones

Film simulation recipe for CineStill 400d on X100V, X-T4, X-E4 and X-S10 cameras

Always on trend (!) I’ve been enjoying Threads as a way to follow and engage with photographers. I follow a good spread of digital and film photographers, including several that shoot landscapes and urban nostalgia.

Today, I saw a simple set of images of a decaying family car by @douglasrhall parked on the lawn of what looks to me like an urban neighbourhood home typical of American industrial cities.

These shots were taken on CineStill 400D film, which has a wonderfully earthy and nostalgic tone. These two adjectives are also linked with Eterna Cinema simulation on our cameras, so that’s what I’ve used for this attempt to mimic the look.

In Doug’s images, the weather is cloudy, so I matched up the tones on some grey day and hazy sunlight samples. There’s a strongly cinematic mood in the resulting images. The look becomes different (and wonderful) in sunlight, and has a creamy softness in the golden hour. All in all, a success, and I had fun developing this recipe for CineStill 400D. I hope you’ll enjoy it too.

CineStill 400D Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna/Cinema
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Fluorescent 1, ‑2 Red, ‑2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	1
Colour	‑1
Sharpness	‑3
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑3
EV Comp.	+1/3

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July 18, 2023

Ebb and Flow, Creamy Bleach Bypass

Ebb and Flow

Ebb and Flow, Creamy Bleach Bypass

A cream tones Eterna Bleach Bypass film recipe for Fujifilm cameras

In my experiments with film recipes, I keep returning to the enigmatic character of Eterna Bleach Bypass. It has a more striking base look than many of the other film simulations, and I have found it the most flexible in creating different recipes.

This recipe pulls the base sim apart, stretching and shifting it away from the standard look. It may even be so far from the usual appearance as to be almost unrecognisable as a bleach bypass at all.

The result is a soft toned, warm recipe with a cream tones look, which is wonderful in most types of sunlight. The golden hour works especially well, but most other bright or daytime conditions are well captured too. It’s closest cousin is my Soft Cinnamon recipe, but Ebb and Flow is a special look all its own.

Ebb and Flow Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	6000K, +3 Red, +4 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑1.5
Shadows	‑1.5
Colour	3
Sharpness	‑3
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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July 13, 2023

Fujicolor C200, 35mm Color Film Recipe

Fujicolor C200

Fujicolor C200, 35mm Color Film Recipe

Fujifilm simulation recipe for Fujicolor C200 film using Classic Negative as a base

Fujifilm film recipes that mimic real world film looks are a useful resource for owners of X-Series cameras. They give a way to shoot with all the convenience of the latest electronics and optics, but with an analog output reminiscent of 35mm manual photography.

On this site, I have film recipes inspired by Kodak film looks and Fujifilm Fujicolor styles. These use the built in simulations and other adjustments to capture some of the spirit of these giants of photography heritage.

In this recipe, I’ve looked to create a recipe that mimics the versatile film negative style of Fujicolor C200 film. The heavy lifting is provided by Classic Negative, which has a strongly evocative film print look, especially reminiscent of Fujicolor prints. I’ve softened and warmed this base to reduce some of its more divisive characteristics. In this recipe grass is less blue and more shadow detail is retained. It all makes for a highly usable recipe that’s good for use in many different conditions, but retains a nostalgic film negative feel.

Fujicolor C200 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +1 Red, ‑2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	‑2
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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July 5, 2023

Celluloid Nostalgia, a Aged Film Look

Celluloid Nostalgia film recipe sample photo

Celluloid Nostalgia

Celluloid Nostalgia, a Aged Film Look

Eterna Cinema film simulation recipe with a warm nostalgic tone

Here’s a film simulation recipe that pushes the retro nostalgic aesthetic without opting for an overly orange or sepia tone. It’s a cinematic look with a mellow colour balance, that evokes a nostalgic feel from the warm tones and Eterna base. In fact, if I didn’t already have a recipe with that name, I would have called thie Eterna Nostalgia.

The recipe works well in bright conditions, taming the harshness to created something much softer. If there is a colur cast, it’s somewhere between cyan and a grey green, but is more of an essence that something striking, like the cyan skies of some CC recipes.

In gloomy conditions, the color cast is more evident, with natural and earthy tones becoming moody and cinematic. In conditions like this, crop into scenes, rather than leave large portions of sky to get the best results.

Celluloid Nostalgia Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna/Cinema
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Strong
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	6400K, 0 Red, ‑6 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	4
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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June 27, 2023

Summer Story, Filmic Tone for Sunny Days

Summer Story

Summer Story, Filmic Tone for Sunny Days

Eterna Cinema film simulation recipe for a soft film like look in Summer

As much as I love the vintage vibes of Classic Chrome and Classic Negative, I keep returning to the Eterna Cinema film simulation in my photography. I prefer to shoot natural subjects and landscape scenes, and the tones of Eterna just feel so at home in these styles that it’s a firm favourite.

I also find myself drawn back to Eterna whenever I see it in use by other Fujifilm photographers too. It makes a welcome break from the almost endless use of Portra styles, and has such as welcoming and soft nostalgic quality to it. Just recently, I was looking back through Eddie Orr’s YouTube, and his Toledo recipe.

This inspired me to see if I could find a new Summer look, inspired by Toledo, but using the additional options on my X-S10’s X-Trans IV sensor. My adjustments took me a little away from Eddie’s original settings, introducing negative clarity and color chrome effects. I also found that I needed a bit more warmth at my more northern latitude, so I lifted his 5500K setting to 5800K.

Summer Story Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna/Cinema
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	5800K, ‑2 Red, ‑2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	1
Colour	4
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑4
EV Comp.	0

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June 20, 2023

Three Degrees, Deep Tone and Contrast

Three Degrees

Three Degrees, Deep Tone and Contrast

Pro Neg film simulation recipe with deep intensity for a contrasty look

Inspiration for my film recipes often comes as ideas after seeing the work of other creators. In this case, I was inspired by the great work of Captn Look and his moody Dune film recipe. I loved the deep intensity of this look, and it led me to explore this style with my own recipe creation.

For my deep tones recipe, I used a base of Pro Neg High, which is shifted to a warm setting. Other adjustments, which use a lot of 3s include undexposure by -2/3ev, lifted highlights to +3 and reduced saturation to -3. Clarity is reduced too for moody softness, also at -3. This last part is important to the look, so it does mean that this recipe needs a recent camera with clarity, or a bloom/mist style filter on the camera.

For the best results with Three Degrees, I’d recommend shooting in bright light, and, importantly, don’t forget to underexpose by the two stops or so to make the highlights stand out from dark backgrounds, but not be so bright as to burn out. If the highlights are burned out, underexpose some more.

Three Degrees Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	PRO Neg. Hi
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +3 Red, ‑6 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	3
Shadows	1
Colour	‑3
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑3
Clarity	‑3
EV Comp.	-2/3

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May 31, 2023

Loki, by Mehdi Berrada

Loki

Loki, by Mehdi Berrada

Classic Negative film simulation recipe for extreme blacks with X100V

Whilst I tend to try and find nostalgic puns for recipe names, the talented Mehdi Berrada seeks out intresting single word names with all sorts of meanings. The name Loki, seems fitting, with its roots in Norse mythology, suggesting power and mystery. I see the name here and there in other settings, often linked with darkness and power, so I feel that it suits the tone of the images well.

In this recipe, we have an extra deep look with extra dark blacks and a inky, almost glossy aesthetic. As with other recipes by Mehdi, there is an underexposure recommendation, which is an important part of achieving the intended style. Embrace the dark side, as some people like to say 😊

The image samples use this technique to show a striking contrast between light and shadow, and to produce a stongly styled look that draws your eye to different features in the images, such as patterns of light, and the textures of highlight areas, and of course the deep black shadows.

Images: Mehdi Berrada, X100V

Loki Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +3 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR100
Highlights	4
Shadows	4
Colour	0
Sharpness	3
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	3
EV Comp.	-2/3

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May 29, 2023

Kojak Gold, Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Kojak Gold

Kojak Gold, Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Nostalgic classic negative film simulation recipe, like Kodak Gold prints

Kojak Gold. It’s a cool name, right? It’s an even cooler look!

It’s true that I get a silly amount of personal satisfaction from some of the film recipe names that I dream up. Hot on the heels of some of my other favourites, like Mother Superia, Karmachroma, Waldorf Astia and Flatpack is this new name for a retro Kodak film look. What could be more 70s than Kojak?

Living up to it’s name, this recipe looks to produce a nostalgic look based on Kodak Gold film, with a feel like 35mm prints from this popular film stock. It’s based on Classic Negative (which means newer cameras only, sorry), and uses a warm gold-like colour shift and a generally soft set-up, including negative clarity and reduced sharpness.

The results are warm and film-like, with a soft feel and nostalgic print style look. The nostalgic elements come through in sunshine, but the recipe is a good choice for a film like look in all conditions. I took it on holiday with me and it became an instant favourite. I’m sure that you will love it too.

Did you know? This is film recipe 200 on this website. Who knew there would be so many film recipe styles that our cameras could produce?

Kojak Gold Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +3 Red, ‑6 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑0.5
Shadows	‑1.5
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	0

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