Red Rose – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V – “Fujicolor Superia 1600”
For some of you, this new Fujicolor Superia 1600 film simulation recipe will be your favorite! It is so good! It’s very analog-esque, and does a great job of mimicking the film in a number of circumstances. If you love my Fujicolor Superia 100 and my Fujicolor Reala 100 recipes, you’re bound to love this one, too!
For high-ISO color photography, Superia 1600 film was your best bet if you needed to go faster than ISO 800. It has higher contrast and lower saturation than other Superia films, and is also more grainy, but with a very nice look. There are people who use Superia 1600 just for its aesthetic. Fujifilm discontinued Superia 1600 in 2016, but supposedly Fujicolor Natura 1600 and Press 1600 are the same film, just sold to different markets.
Sephora – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V – “Fujicolor Superia 1600”
I didn’t include a “typical” exposure compensation with this recipe because you can get some very interesting looks by underexposing and (especially) overexposing—don’t be afraid to try -1 all the way to +2! This recipe is only compatible with the Fujifilm X100V, X-Pro3 and X-T4 (hopefully someday the X-T3 and X-T30, too—Fujifilm, please!).
Classic Negative
Dynamic Range: DR400
Highlight: 0
Shadow: +2
Color: -3
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening: -1
Clarity: -4
Grain Effect: Strong, Large
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Strong
White Balance: Daylight, +3 Red & +1 Blue
ISO: 1600 to 6400
Example photographs, all camera-made JPEGs using this Fujicolor Superia 1600 film simulation recipe on my Fujifilm X100V:
Electric Sunset – Kaysville, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Evening Overlook – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Sunlight Tree – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Country Fence – Kaysville, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Rose Bush Shadow – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Red Rose Bush – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Yellow Flower – South Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Not Yet Blackberries – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Backyard Girl – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Evening Light Tunnel – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Building in Evening Light – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Head On Illusion – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Walking Reflection – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Indoor/Outdoor Restaurant – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Carbonaro – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Vegetables – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Dessert – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Willards – Layton, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Thank You For You Patronage – South Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Wall Pipes – South Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Closed Gas Station Store – South Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Abandoned Drive Thru Window – South Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Abandoned Gas Station Overhang – South Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Light at the Top – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Blue in the Middle – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Moon Above – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Suburban Sunstar – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Bike 48 – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Sunstar in the City – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Strength and Endurance – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
See also: Film Simulation Recipes
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Wow Ritchie! Literally this morning I posted in a local Fuji X group asking about a Superia/Natura 1600 recipe, only to be disappointed by google to discover that people have been looking since 2018. And then like like magic you arrive! This will scratch an itch many of us have had for a long time. You made my day so making a donation to the blog is the least I can do. Keep up the great work!
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I’m glad that the timing was good. You’ll have to report back what you think of it once you have a chance to use it. Thank you for the feedback and donation!
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Dear Ritchie, … awesome, ultimate recipe! I love it. Get the place in to the Q-menu.
Thank you so much for sharimg.
LG Thomas
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You are welcome! So glad that you like it!
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P.S. Over exposure (+1 1/3 to +2 EV) needs set the Highlights to -1. To me 😉
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Yes, especially if there are brighter highlights in the scene. Thank you for the suggestion!
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Wow, this looks gorgeous, can’t wait to try it out!
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You’ll have to report back what you think once you have a chance to use it. I look forward to seeing the pictures on your website!
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This looks absolutely beautiful, now I have to decide which custom setting to delete for this.
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Thank you! You’ll have to let me know what you think.
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Ritchie, hello.
You once wrote your understanding of the essence of the Color Chrome Effect, could you please describe the Color Chrome Effect Blue.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes, I hope to do this very soon. Thank you for the reminder!
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Wow, loving this recipe!
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Awesome! I’m glad to hear that!
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Great film simulation. Do you have any videos posted on the process of how you dial in the custom settings for someone not as familiar with adding film simulations in the camera?
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I’ve been wanting to create such a video, but I haven’t done so yet. Thank you for the suggestion!
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Thank you so much for this receipe, it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for 🙂
You are a genius!
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You are very welcome!
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This looks gorgeous!
You’ve created so many classic negative recipes, and they all look kinda similar. Is it possible for you to create a post comparing the results of these recipes side by side?
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That could be a fun experiment! I’ll give that a try sometime soon. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Ritchie this is gorgeous! You’ve created so many Classic Negative based recipes, ans they all look kinda similar, is it possible to create a post comparing results of these recipes side by side?
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This recipe is STUNNING. The real magic (as you mentioned) is playing with the exposure dial. What a difference that makes. Thank you, Ritchie. This recipe is my current #1.
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Awesome! I’m so glad to hear it!
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Hi Ritchie!
I’ve tweaked this recipe to my liking, I’ve explained the changes and the reasons behind them here: https://nicolas.petton.fr/blog/superia-like-recipe.html
Thanks again for your great work on film recipes!
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I absolutely love this simulation but I own the X100F. Is there any recipe similar to this for my camera? Cheers!
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There really isn’t, I’m afraid. The closest thing might be my Fujicolor Industrial recipe, just change Grain to Strong and disregard Color Chrome Effect. It’s not going to be particularly close to this, but probably the closest.
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Too bad this isnt available on xt3. Its sooo good.
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Thank you! I wish it was, too!
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LOVED this recipe, but noticed that when having at least 1600 iso and grain in Strong/Large, its way too much noise. Could I just leave the iso on 1600 and use the grain on Weak/Small?
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That’s a great question. In the past I have suggested adjusting the Grain when the ISO increases. You could go with Weak Large at ISO 1600, and as the ISO increases, maybe at ISO 3200 or 6400, go with Weak Small.
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How can I get this to work on an x trans iii sensor !? I have it on my xt4 and love it
Any tip are appreciated
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I wish there was a way, but unfortunately there isn’t. There is no good substitution for Classic Negative. This is not the same aesthetic, but maybe look at this recipe:
https://fujixweekly.com/2018/02/03/my-fujifilm-x100f-fujicolor-superia-800-film-simulation-recipe-pro-neg-std/
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