Nostalgic Print, Creamy Nostalgic Negative

Inspired by old magazine photos, capture an aged look with the Nostalgic Negative film simulation

Nostalgic Print

The Nostalgic Negative film simulation offers a wonderfully warm and mellow tone on standard settings, and brings a feel of an older printed image. For this film recipe using Nostalgic Negative, I wanted to lean into these characteristics to explore the nostalgic aesthetic.

For me, the result reminds me of old magazine prints, perhaps like those forgotten periodicals that end up in waiting rooms or and the back of bookshelves.

This recipe has a dominant warm tone and a nostaltic aged feel to the images. It’s cosy without being sickly, and as a result, is well suited to outdoor photography on sunny days and in the golden hour. I also tested it on a drizzly grey walk in the woods, and found that the mellow warm tones worked well in these conditions. The Nostalgic Negative simulation is actually quite contrasty and saturated by default, so there’s a small counter adjustment too, which rebalances this.

The mood is similar to my Aged Kodak Portra recipe and Nostalgic Standard film recipes, which are both also compatible with X-Trans IV. This one however, needs Nostalgic Negative for the base look, so it’s a choice only for newer cameras, like X-H2S, X-T5, X100VI or X-S20.

Nostalgic Print Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Nostalgic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, ‑2 Red, ‑7 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	‑1
Colour	‑2
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 28, 2024

Barcelona, Nostalgic Negative for Trips

A rich tones film simulation recipe designed for a trip to Spain, but useful everywhere

Barcelona

In our Facebook Group, I often see posts asking about film recipes for travel to different cities and countries. There are so many factors to consider, such as the light, the type of photos and your personal style. However, I’ve just returned from a trip to Barcelona where I prepared a recipe to use. I think it might work well in all sorts of places, so maybe this will be good for your travels too?

The Barcelona film recipe uses Nostalgic Negative, which is only available on X-Trans V series cameras. This simulation has a natural affinity for reds and oranges, with a warm feel and gently nostalgic look. My hope was that this would bring a versatile character to my travel photos, remaining close to natural in look, and for my specific trip to the Barcelona Open tennis tournament, rich oranges from the clay courts too.

Now that I have returned, I cna share the recipe along with a selection of the images. I am very happy with the look, which feels warm without being dominated by a strong cast, and captured the mix of dominant colours well, whilst still working for street style shots and general snapping.

Barcelona Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Nostalgic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto (Ambience Priority), 0 Red, ‑3 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	0
Shadows	‑1
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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April 23, 2024

Pale Barca, Inspired by Barcelona Style

A fashion shoot film recipe using the Classic Negative film simulation

Pale Barca

Sometimes, inspiration for film recipes comes from varied sources. I’ll see an image or gallery and think about whether the look can be matched with a film simulation recipe. This happened on a recent trip to Barcelona, when I was on a trip to watch a tennis tournament. The event was covered in the magazine section of La Vanguardia newspaper, and despite not being able to read the Spanish articles about Carlos Alcaraz and other things, I could enjoy leafing through.

One of the sections was a tennis inspired fashion shoot for their clothing sponsor Mango.

These shots were taken on and around tennis courts and had a desaturated retro look. Thos are keywords that I can work with, and so I started to experiement with film recipe settings that gave a similar look.

I chose to use Classic Negative film simulation, although Pro Neg Std might also have worked well. Other settings were fairly standard for a flat tonal look like this … softened highlights, DR400 and of course, reduced colour.

Arguably, my recipe is a little less green toned that the article photos, but I felt that it still captures the nostalgic vibe and worked well with the abundance of orange and blue on show at the tennis tournament. I hope you enjoy it.

Pale Barca Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Auto, +2 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	0
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 19, 2024

Point and Shoot 200 Film Recipe

An easy to use, go everywhere film simulation recipe for casual shooting

Point and Shoot 200

Sometimes you just want to take photos. You don’t want to worry too much about the technical or the rules, and you just want to capture quick snaps as you go about your day. This Point and Shoot film recipe is designed for just this sort of casual shooting.

The recipe is based on the idea that a simple 35mm pocket camera, loaded with a roll of 200 film was all you needed. There weren’t many settings to consider, but you got some lovely colourful prints and could relive the memories each time you opened up the album.

So, take it easy. Don’t overthink it. Just enjoy taking pictures and relax knowing your images will have a wonderfully film like look with bouncy colour and happy tones.

Point and Shoot 200 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Incandescent, +8 Red, ‑9 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	‑1
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 13, 2024

Bananarama, Yellow Wes Anderson Look

Capture banana yellow tones with this extreme colour balance film recipe

Bananarama

I like to be surprised by the versatility of our Fujifilm cameras, and the range of styles that can be producted with film simulation recipes. We have a good selection of film simulations to explore, and with the addition or adjustments to tone, saturation and colour balance, the possibilities are almost endless. However, there are some looks that seem to come around quite often, especially when trying to keep close to a film like aesthetic, or to model a recipe on a real 35mm film stock.

For something different, we have to look to more extreme settings, or to be bold and try something unexpected. I got a taste of this on April 1st, when Ritchie from Fuji X Weekly gave us his Apocalyptic Glow film recipe. Whilst this recipe was intented to be a fun joke, the pop art style with vivid orange tones got me thinking. I wondered what other extreme settings might give a fun look that I would want to go out and shoot with?

I staked close to the 10,000K color balance, but went for yellow rather than orange in the color shift. I also wanted less saturation, so I chose Classic Chrome rather than Ritchie’s Velvia. The resulting recipe is still a more extreme look film recipe, but I think it has a place, especially around sunset or in pursuit of the Wes Anderson inspired Asteroid City vibes.

Bananarama Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	9900K, +1 Red, ‑9 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	0
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 11, 2024

Bronze Age, Toned Classic Negative Recipe

Classic Negative film recipe with a bronze colour tone

Bronze Age

I’ve created well over 200 film recipes now, and it’s understandable that some are visually similar to others. There are after all only a modest number of film simulations, and a reasonably narrow range of white balance and colour shift combinations that produce usable results. Every now and again though, I manage to come up with a recipe with a look that is all its own.

Bronze Age is such a recipe, with a noticably bronze tone colour shift that both warms and adds character to images. The look is nostalgic I suppose, but isn’t really vintage. I think it suits golden hour especially well, and generally bright conditions. It’s a strong effect, but still retains enough natural tone to be useful across a wide range of subjects.

So, Bronze Age is something different, something to try when you lack inspiration, or when you want to give a fresh look to your images that you haven’t tried before. Here are the recipe details, and as always, a range of my sample images to show you how I used the recipe.

Bronze Age Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	7500K, +4 Red, +2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	1
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	-1/3

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March 29, 2024

Safari Chrome, for African Explorations

A Classic Chrome film recipe designed for outdoor shooting and natural colour

Safari Chrome

From time to time, I get asked whether I might be able to make a film simulation recipe for certain situations, or to macth the work of a photographer or social gallery. I do enjoy these challenges, although it’s not always possible to acheive the look in question with jsut a film recipe.

A similar challenge came my way when I was discussing an upcoming safari trip with our of our Facebook club members. David Forsdike was due to travel to South Africa, and wanted some ideas for a recipe to use for wildlife phtoography. He has X-Trans V cameras and had bagged a new zoom lens for the trip.

My thoughts on this were two fold. Firstly, I was new to X-Trans V, having only recently upgraded to an X-S20, which uses a hybrid of the series IV sensor and series V processing and simulations. I didn’t yet have many RAW files to experiment on, or full confidence in how X-Trans V recipes might look. Secondly, I’ve not visited South Africa, so it was hard to be sure what conditions David might find there. I’ve seen episodes of Wild Earth on YouTube, which was a clue that we’d be dealing with dawn or dusk, but also possibly some hard sunlight too.

So, I decided a new recipe would be best, developed on my X-S20 and in X RAW Studio. I wanted something that didn’t make strong changes to the images, because the star should be the wild animals, rather than the tone or mood form the recipe. This was also important so that they remained true colour, so we avoid any orange leopards or pink elephants that might otherwise look odd.

I picked Classic Chrome as the base simulation and I chose to add a little film like tone with a -3 shift for Blue. Classic Chrome is naturally desaturated, so I boost colour by 2 steps to bring back some of the vibrancy. For the lower light flexibility and protection in harsh conditions, I paired DR400 with -1 highlights and shadows. This should give a bit more shadow detail and soften the harsh light.

Below is my Safari Chrome recipe, which David took to South Africa. As you’ll see, he was lucky and saw a wide variety of impressive wildlife, and also captured some compelling scenes in a local market. My guess of hard sunlight, didn’t come to pass on the game drives, but the natural colour and soft shoadows approach for the recipe, produced a natural result and I think his images look great!

Safari Chrome Film Recipe Settings

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

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March 24, 2024

Polaroid SX70 Film Recipe

Capture the spirit of instant printing based on the classic Polaroid SX70

Polaroid SX70

In pursuit of an analog film like look for my Fujifilm camera, I’m often inspired by photographs taken with older cameras using real film. These nostalgic styles are sometimes the classics, using Kodak, Ilford or Fujicolor film stock, but I am also a big fan of the Polaroid vibe. Here, the combination of lens, camera and instant printing deliver a photo with imperfections that are all part of the feel of this type of photography.

In this film recipe, I have taken inspiration from the Polaroid Gallery Facebook group, and in particular, two image by Giulio Berti posted in late January.

In these simple landscape photos, there is an aged look, with a result that is over-exposed, including a retro tone from red dominance in the neutrals. It’s transportive, taking us right back to decades gone by, and it was these combinations of elements and feelings that I’m trying to replicate in my Polaroid SX70 film recipe below.

Of course, our modern cameras are too sharp and precise to capture all of the informal and imperfect character in a real Polaroid image. But in the absence of vignette and blurry edges, we can still have fun in the spirit of shooting form the hip in a casual way.

Polaroid SX70 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Auto, +3 Red, +1 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR100
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	‑4
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+2/3

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February 18, 2024

Land Rover, for Outdoor Adventures

Muted tones Pro Neg Standard film simulation recipe for outdoor photography

Land Rover

Here’s a hard working film recipe that is flexible and natural, responding well in bright, shady and golden hour conditions. It has a soft muted tone character, which produces a sophisticated image with a film like feel.

The base for this film recipe is the Pro Neg Standard film simulation, which despite its portrait origins, is a versatile choice for a softer look in natural settings. I’ve used it a lot in outdoor themed film recipes, and with this look, I’ve found another new way to present it.

The contrast is soft with similarities to Eterna, but there is a different character to the greens and creams with this recipe. I found the colours felt similar to those you might find in English country fashions, such as you might come across at a county show or horse riding meet-up. Or, perhaps, think of agricultural greens, like you’d find on an old style Land Rover, rather than the shiny new ones.

Regardless of all that, this recipe is right at home in the countryside, in woodlands and all manner of outdoor settings. It’s a cousin to other nature friendly film recipes such as Aged Kodak Portra, Wigan Pier, Explorer’s Cinematic, or Natural Standard.

Land Rover Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	PRO Neg. Std
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Daylight, +4 Red, ‑4 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	0
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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January 31, 2024

Agfa APX 400, Grainy Mono Film Recipe

A grainy black and white film recipe, based upon Agfa APX 400 film

Agfa APX 400

Exciting news for recipe fans … this is film recipe 250 to be added to the site!

I’m constantly amazed by the variety and range of film recipes that I’ve discovered during this project, and I continue to learn from my experiments, and from talented photographers in our Facebook group. I’m going to keep trying to find new styles to share with you.

For film recipe 250, I have decided to publish a recipe that is based upon a real world 35mm film. In this case, I’ve been inspired to mimic Agfa’s grainy and characterful APX 400 monochrome film.

Whenever I see images taken with this, I am impressed, and I especially love the grainy mood. So, I set to trying to reproduce it for our Fujifilm cameras. I do really hope that you enjoy the result, and will continue to enjoy the wide selection of film recipes here on the site.

Agfa APX 400 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Acros Red Filter
Grain Effect	Strong, Large
White Balance	Fluorescent 2, 0 Red, 0 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	2
Shadows	2
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0
Mono Colour	WC -1, MG +0

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