The BEST Fujifilm Recipes - Street & Travel Photography
If you’ve been following me for a while, you’d know that I always shoot raw and edit myself later in Lightroom. Although I have dabbled with Fujifilm JPEGs now and then, I have never gelled with the experience or the results. That is until now.
Between getting the XT3 back in 2018 and picking up the XT5 last year, Fujifilm have added more film simulations and setting. To the point where I am now starting to get results I am happy with straight out of camera. In this blog I will share with you 5 recipes that I have put together over the last 6 months. These recipes are great for street and travel photography.
General Info
Before we get going I just want to say that these were developed on the Fujifilm XT5 using the latest firmware. If you’re on the latest generation cameras, then I am pretty sure it will 100% carry over. However if you’re on older cameras, then some features might not fully carry over. All the photos you see going forwards have not been edited and are 100% straight out of camera. The only editing has been cropping and fixing geometry where required. As for exposure, the recipes are designed for 0 exposure compensation however adjust it as you see fit. It will change from scene to scene.
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Recipe 1 (Warm) - Soft, Warm, Low Contrast, High Dynamic Range
Film Simulation - NOSTALGIC NEG
Mono Colour - NA
Grain - STRONG LARGE
Colour Chrome - WEAK
Colour Chrome FX - WEAK
Smooth Skin - OFF
White Balance - AUTO
White Balance Shift - R1 B-1
Dynamic Range - NA
D Range Priority - AUTO
Tone Curve - NA
Colour - 4
Sharpness - -3
Clarity - -3
Recipe 2 (Vibrant) - Soft, Neutral, Saturated, Neutral Contrast, Neutral Dynamic Range
Film Simulation - VELVIA
Mono Colour - NA
Grain - STRONG LARGE
Colour Chrome - WEAK
Colour Chrome FX - WEAK
Smooth Skin - OFF
White Balance - AUTO
White Balance Shift - R1 B-1
Dynamic Range - NA
D Range Priority - AUTO
Tone Curve - NA
Colour - 3
Sharpness - -3
Clarity - -3
Recipe 3 (Punchy) - Filmic, High Contrast, Low Dynamic Range, High Key, Warm
Film Simulation - CLASSIC NEG
Mono Colour - NA
Grain - STRONG LARGE
Colour Chrome - STRONG
Colour Chrome FX - WEAK
Smooth Skin - OFF
White Balance - AUTO
White Balance Shift - R2 B0
Dynamic Range - DR400
D Range Priority - OFF
Tone Curve - H-2 S+1
Colour - 4
Sharpness - -2
Clarity - -2
Recipe 4 (Muted) - Moody, High Contrast, Low Dynamic Range, High Key, Cool
Film Simulation - Classic Chrome
Mono Colour - NA
Grain - STRONG LARGE
Colour Chrome - STRONG
Colour Chrome FX - STRONG
Smooth Skin - OFF
White Balance - AUTO
White Balance Shift - R1 B-1
Dynamic Range - DR400
D Range Priority - OFF
Tone Curve - H+2 S+1
Colour - 4
Sharpness - -2
Clarity - -2
Recipe 5 (B&W) - Filmic, Neutral Contrast, Neutral Dynamic Range, Soft, Warm
Film Simulation - ACROSS (STD)
Mono Colour - WC+2 MG0
Grain - STRONG LARGE
Colour Chrome - OFF
Colour Chrome FX - OFF
Smooth Skin - OFF
White Balance - AUTO
White Balance Shift - R0 B0
Dynamic Range - DR400
D Range Priority - OFF
Tone Curve - H+2 S+3
Colour - NA
Sharpness - -4
Clarity - -3
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This guide is not a replacement for your user manual and does not cover 100% of the features. It covers the features that, in my experience, 90% of the people use 90% of the time. This is based on years of personal experience.
This guide is best suited for those who want to be up and running quickly with a tried-and-tested set-up.
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