Silver Slate, Mineral Tone Bleach Bypass

Muted tones film recipe using the Eterna Bleach Bypass simulation

Silver Slate

The winter weather in the UK has been inspiring me to wrap up warm and shoot some images in the cold and frosty conditions. This weather has a naturally muted tone with pale colours and lots of white. Working with the conditions has helped me to develop a number of Winter film recipes, including this one, which has a mineral silvery tone that reminds me of Welsh slate.

The base simulation is Eterna Bleach Bypass, available on the newer Fujifilm cameras only. It’s a strong favourite of mine and I really enjoy the striking low saturation styles that it can be nudged into making.

Silver Slate Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Fluorescent 3, 0 Red, ‑4 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑3
Sharpness	1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	-1/3

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February 9, 2023

Kodak Portra Grainy for a Portra 400 Look

Fujifilm X-Trans 4 film recipe for a Kodak Portra 400 style

Kodak Portra Grainy

Kodak Portra film was hugely popular, and with its different versions, came to be a favourite for many 35mm photographers, each using the one they liked the best. Now, with the magic of Fujifilm film recipes, there are a selection of film recipes to help produce a look that is close to different editions of the Portra film.

I’ve been testing out a recipe for Portra 400 adapted from the Fuji X Weekly recipe by Fujifilm Film Simulations Group user Tomas Tuoma. His Kodak Portra adaptation is one that I really enjoy.

I tested it on a cloudy day, and found the colours bold and amazing, but for my preferred take on the feel of KP400, I wanted a little more grain and a little less punch. So, here we are with a couple more tweaks in this recipe and now it’s Kodak Portra Grainy.

And, since first publishing this page, I’ve shot in full summer sunshine, and added some of those photos further down the page.

Kodak Portra Grainy Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Strong, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Strong
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	5200K, +2 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	0
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑3
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑1
EV Comp.	+2/3

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May 15, 2022

Aerocolor Lomo in an Expired Film Style

X-Trans IV or V film recipe based on aged Aerocolor 125 aerial film

Kodak Aero Lomo

A short while ago I was reading a discussion about a discontinued film, Aerocolor 125. it seems that there isn’t a film recipe available for this film at the moment, so I wanted to give it a try.

When googling for samples I found quite a number of olive green toned images taken in a lomography style with expired film stock. This is the look that I’ve tried to replicate in this film recipe, which I call Aerocolor Lomo.

The base colour tone is an aged yellow green using Eterna as the simulation. This tint shows up strongly in scenes with trees and other greenery. If some conditions, this can be overpowering (e.g. without other colours in the images), but when shooting a more mixed scene, the effect is closer to the examples I saw.

In December, 2022, I revisited this recipe and took some shots in a snowy country lane, and fell in love with the recipe all over again.

Kodak Aero Lomo Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna/Cinema
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	6450K, +1 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	1
Shadows	3
Colour	‑2
Sharpness	1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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May 13, 2022

Mistychrome to enhance Mellow Mist & Fog

Fuji X-Trans IV film recipe for misty and foggy weather

Mistychrome

Of all the possible weathers, I love mist & fog the most. Whenever it is forecast, I’ll set an alarm and try and go out snapping. I wanted a recipe to capture the soft paleness of a misty day, with low saturation and flat contrast.

In trying this out, I was very pleased with the results, acheiving a pale, low contrast look with some birch trees and New Forest ponies. A bit of over exposing can help further fade out the background, and achieve an effective separation of foreground objects.

I’ve tried the recipe in some clear conditions too, and the effect is quite fun with a low saturation look. Although that’s not what I really made it for, I’ll continue to give it a try in a variety of situations.

Mistychrome Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	7200K, ‑2 Red, +2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	‑1
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 23, 2022

Soft Negative film recipe with Classic Negative

Fujifilm simulation Soft Negative recipe for X-Trans IV cameras

Soft Negative

This film recipe is intended to be a versatile all rounder which can be used in a wide variety of conditions. It is based on the excellent classic negative simulation, adapted with color balance amd tone curve for softer, nostalgic tone.

These changes add softness and warmth to the classic negative look, giving a gentle mood a bit loke old negative prints. I call it Soft Negative, because of this characteristic, although I did initially call it Aged Negative when I first created it.

It works espcially well in the golden hour around sunrise or sunset, and renders lovely skies around this time of day. Even in twilight, the tones have a cosy, but not overpowering style. That doesn’t mean it’s not suitable at other times of course, and I find it works well on cloudy and dull days too.

For me, this is the soft and nostalgic style I was looking to achieve with my Fujifilm X-Series, and I take more shots with this and other soft tones recipes than anything else.

You might also like: Pale Negative, which has a similar look and feel, or Nostalgic Fujicolor with a retro feel from similar settings.

Soft Negative Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Strong, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	4800K, +5 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	‑1
Colour	‑3
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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