Kitchenscape – South Weber, UT – Fujifilm X-T30 – Eterna
A couple of days ago I published my Fujifilm X-T30 Eterna film simulation recipe, which I have received a lot of positive feedback for. I have also received several requests to invent a film simulation recipe that produces similar results without using Eterna, for those who have X-Trans III cameras and don’t have access to that film simulation. Well, I did it! I made an “Eterna” recipe that mimics my Eterna recipe. It’s not a 100% match, but it’s pretty close, and don’t think you’ll get much closer without using Eterna.
There are a few settings that could be adjusted, so you’ll have to decide what you like best. I think Shadow should be set to +1.5, but since that setting doesn’t exist, you’ll have to choose between +1 and +2. I went with the latter. It’s a similar situation with Color, and I went with +3 but you could choose +2 instead. I think that an argument could be made that a white balance shift of +6 Red and -6 Blue is more accurate, so there’s another decision. You can make whatever changes you’d like to customize this recipe to your own tastes.
PRO Neg. Std
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlight: +2
Shadow: +2
Color: +3
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening:+2
Grain Effect: Strong
White Balance: Auto, +5 Red & -6 Blue
ISO: Auto up to ISO 6400
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“Eterna” using PRO Neg. Std.
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“Eterna” using PRO Neg. Std.
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“Eterna” using PRO Neg. Std.
Will give that a go on my 100F today!
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Let me know how it turns out!
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So far good, need to get out and about with it yet though.
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I like it. It feels “crisp”.
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Thanks!
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hope to try this out this on my x-t1 soon hope you could make some different one in the future
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I have one coming very soon.
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I dialed in those settings into my Fuji X-T20 but the image looks really bad and too contrasty, it’s almost only black and white. Are the values really supposed to be “+” because your on your first Eterna profile you used “-” values which decreases contrast and gives it a more cinematic look. Or am I doing something wrong here? Thanks for your effort, love your custom styles, especially Kodachrome II.
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Did you use this?
https://fujixweekly.com/2019/04/13/my-x-t30-eterna-recipe-for-x-trans-iii/
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Yes, I did
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I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe adjust the settings until you find something that you like.
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It finally worked. The WB got stuck somehow and kind of messed up the whole image. I don’t really know what happened but resetting the camera solved all my problems. Now it looks a lot like your example images. Thanks again.
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I’m so glad that it worked. That’s weird about about the camera issue, but glad that a reset worked.
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Hi Ritchie.
How would you translate the WB shift to X-Trans II sensors? I’m going to try and adapt this recipe to use in my X100T. I’ve always liked the tone quality of the pro neg simulations, to my eyes they seem very film-like.
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I don’t know that you can translate this recipe fully to X-Trans II, but for WB shift I would try +3 R and -4B. That should get you in the neighborhood.
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Thank you! Yeh, I don’t think it will be a complete match but it might be fun. I’ll let you know if I get some interesting photos.
Stay safe!
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Definitely keep me up to date!
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So, i wanted a plain ‘eterna’ and decided to make up the difference between this and your eterna recipe, since its meant to replicate that adjusted recipe, thinking that would produce standard eterna. Good results, and surprisingly accurate! setting white balance to -5r +6b, with -2 shadows/contrast. I actually used flourescent 2 setting. Am not sure if its really a flourescent film to be honest! DR400 too. Its best for high DR shots. Or if you take it rather underexposed for a kind of ‘faded’ look is cool. I find i have EV set to 1 OR -1 or more, for a particular ‘nostalgia film’ effect but not much at 0EV.
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That’s really interesting, I will have to give it a try! Thank you for sharing!
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