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My 5 Favorite Film Simulation Recipes that use Eterna Bleach Bypass
Provia — Velvia — Astia — Classic Chrome — PRO Neg. Hi — PRO Neg. Std — Classic Negative — Nostalgic Neg. — Eterna There are 20 different film simulations on the new Fujifilm X100VI. Since there are likely many newcomers to Fujifilm who aren’t all that familiar with the various film sims and Film Simulation…
Free Fujifilm Photowalk on May 5th (+ all the details)
Come join Ritchie Roesch of Fuji X Weekly and Lucas White of Nuzira on Sunday, May 5th, for an epic photowalk around Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona! Bring your Fujifilm gear to the Arizona Canal South Bridge promenade near the Pinball Wizard Public Art display at 5:30 PM. Explore the blending of modern cosmopolitan with off-beat…
Classic Color — Fujifilm X-T5 (X-Trans V) and X-E4 (X-Trans IV) Film Simulation Recipe
This Film Simulation Recipe has a fascinating story behind it… but I can’t get into all of the details of it yet. When the time is right, I will explaining everything to you. What I can say in the meantime is that I was hired to capture some photos, and to use a Film Simulation…
Free Fuji X Weekly Photowalk in Scottsdale
Join me on a free Fujifilm-centric photowalk on Sunday, May 5th, in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona, at 5:30 PM. Explore the blending of modern cosmopolitan with off-beat western heritage through pictures. There will be the potential for street/urban, architecture, automobile, and landscape photography. It will be an opportunity to meet fellow Fujifilm photographers, and to…
Review: TTArtisan AF 56mm F/1.8
A few months back Pergear reached out to me and asked if I would like to test an upcoming lens. This is actually the second time that this has happened; the first was the TTArtisan AF 35mm f/1.8. Now this time, the lens is the TTArtisan AF 56mm f/1.8. Unlike the 35mm lens, which was…
Let’s Chat LIVE Tomorrow!
Join myself and Fujifilm X-Photographer Nathalie Boucry live tomorrow as we discuss some must-have Film Simulation Recipes for your Fujifilm camera! It’s an interactive program, so your participation makes it better. Be sure to bring any questions that you might have about Recipes or Fujifilm cameras. The show begins at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, 1:00 PM Eastern.…
CineStill 800T — Fujifilm X-Trans V Film Simulation Recipe
CineStill 800T is a motion picture color negative film with the Remjet layer removed so that it can be developed in standard C41 chemistry. It’s actually repackaged Kodak Vision3 500T, which requires the ECN-2 development process. The “T” in the name means that it’s Tungsten-balanced, and is intended for use in artificial light; in daylight,…
Provia Slide — Fujifilm X-Pro2 (X-Trans III) Film Simulation Recipe
This Provia Slide Film Simulation Recipe doesn’t necessarily do a great job of replicating real Fujichrome Provia 100F or 400X color transparency film. I did find some examples that weren’t far off at all, but I believe it was more in how they were scanned and edited than anything else. One film can have many…
My 10 Favorite Film Simulation Recipes that use Eterna
Provia — Velvia — Astia — Classic Chrome — PRO Neg. Hi — PRO Neg. Std — Classic Negative — Nostalgic Neg. — Eterna Bleach Bypass There are 20 different film simulations on the new Fujifilm X100VI. Since there are likely many newcomers to Fujifilm who aren’t all that familiar with the various film sims and…
My Fujifilm Camera Recommendations
Recently, a lot of people have asked me which Fujifilm cameras do I recommend. Should they buy an X100VI? X-T5? X-H2? X-S20? You get the idea. This is an impossible question for me to answer because it is personal; what I might like in a camera you might dislike, as each person’s needs, experiences, and…
Using a Godox Lux Cadet for a ’90’s Film Look
The easiest way to recreate a ’90’s film aesthetic, which is really popular right now, is to use a Fujifilm camera loaded with a Film Simulation Recipe, plus utilize a flash. The nostalgic snapshot pictures from that era were often captured with cameras—whether a disposable QuickSnap or FunSaver, or a cheap point-and-shoot—that had a built-in…
Nuzira is a Fujifilm camera store with a friendly dog
You might have noticed that I began including affiliate links for Nuzira. Most likely you’ve never heard of them, so let me introduce you—it’s actually a fascinating story. Located at 9420 East Doubletree Ranch Road—a nondescript industrial business park in Scottsdale, Arizona—is Nuzira. Walking in the door to Suite 107, I was immediately greeted by…
Eterna Summer — Fujifilm X-Trans IV & X-Trans V Film Simulation Recipe
This new Eterna Summer Film Simulation Recipe wasn’t modeled after any specific film; instead I looked at Classic Chrome for inspiration. I wanted a picture aesthetic that could hold its own placed next to various Classic Chrome Recipes, such as Kodak Portra 400 v2 and Kodachrome 64. I didn’t want to replicate a specific Recipe,…
Fujicolor 100 Industrial — Fujifilm X100VI (X-Trans V) Film Simulation Recipe
Fujicolor 100 Industrial was a color negative 35mm film sold in bulk only in Japan—it’s not the same as the Fujicolor 100 that was widely available worldwide. It has been said that Fujifilm keeps their best film stocks in Japan, and there are two Japanese-only Fujicolor 100 emulsions: one is known as Fujicolor 100 Japan,…
Astia Azure — A FXW App Patron Early-Access Fujifilm X-Trans IV & X-Trans V Film Simulation Recipe
I mentioned in My 5 Favorite Film Simulation Recipes that use Astia article that—personally—Astia is one of my least-used film simulations. It’s not that the film sim is bad, because it’s not; for me, I think there are four reasons: 1) Astia doesn’t much resemble the film that it is named after, 2) it sits…
Reminiscent Print — Fujifilm X-M1 (X-Trans I) Film Simulation Recipe
This Film Simulation Recipe came about as an experiment after reading that film photographers weren’t meant to like the Provia film simulation because they’d find it to be too hard. So, I thought, maybe that’s true, and perhaps I can make it less hard, and more like something that film photographers might find to be…
Top 25 Most Popular Film Simulation Recipes in March 2024
I get asked fairly regularly which Film Simulation Recipes are the most popular. For me, this is a fascinating topic, but it’s definitely hard to know definitively. While I get a glimpse on social media, my best gauge is the Fuji X Weekly website statistics; specifically, which Recipe articles are viewed the most. I don’t collect any data…
Apocalyptic Glow — A Fujifilm X-Trans V Film Simulation Recipe
I was watching some old Cold War era duck-and-cover videos over the weekend. You know, there’s a flash and everyone falls to the ground and covers their heads, as if that’s going to help. The mushroom cloud and bright orange glow, reminiscent of Oppenheimer, are inescapable, for those in the path. And that made me…
New: Ricoh GR III / GR IIIx HDF
For those of you with a Ricoh GR camera, a new version of the GR III and GR IIIx, called HDF (or, Highlight Diffusion Filter), was just announced. There’s not much different between the HDF model and the regular one other than the built-in ND filter has been replaced by a built-in diffusion filter. From…
PRO Negative 160C Film Simulation Recipe for Fujifilm X-Trans IV & X-Trans V
After discovering that the new Reala Ace film simulation is a version of PRO Neg., and is similar to both PRO Neg. Hi and PRO Neg. Std, I decided that I wanted to replicate as closely as possible my first Reala Ace-based Film Simulation Recipe—PRO Negative 160C—for those camera that don’t have the new film…