This film simulation recipe isn’t mine. It was created by Fuji X Weekly reader Immanuel Sander, who has actually posted several different recipes on his Instagram account (@captn.look). Thomas Schwab was the one who tipped me off to this. There are several really nice recipes that Immanuel has shared, but this one is my personal favorite. I asked him if I could share it with you on this website, and he graciously agreed. Immanuel calls this recipe Captn Look Nature Neon.
I’m not sure what film this might most closely resemble. It’s kind of similar to my Golden Negative recipe (although not exactly), which is kind of similar to FPP Retrochrome (expired high-speed Ektachrome). It’s also almost redscale-ish, a little more subtly than my Redscale recipe. Cross processed film can sometimes have a red/orange color cast, particularly (non-Velvia) Fujifilm transparencies, but I don’t think these settings are especially close to that. Even if this recipe doesn’t look exactly like any particular film, it nonetheless produce very interesting results.
It’s called “Nature Neon” in part because it uses the Fluorescent 1 white balance, which is also called Daylight Fluorescent or Neon Light. It gives a look as if a red neon light is illuminating the scene. The change that I made to Immanuel’s recipe is that I set Sharpness to -2; he had it set to -4. Thomas prefers it set to 0. Really, whatever Sharpness you prefer to use from -4 to 0 is acceptable.
This film simulation recipe is compatible with the Fujifilm X100V, X-Pro3 and X-T4. This article is a bit unusual in that it features example photographs from three photographers: Immanuel Sanders, Thomas Schwab, and myself. You can see how three different photographers used these settings. I want to give a big thank-you to Immanuel for creating and sharing this recipe, and to Thomas for showing it to me. Thank you, guys! I encourage you to check out their Instagram pages to see more of their pictures.
Classic Chrome
Dynamic Range: DR400
Highlight: 0
Shadow: +2
Color: +3
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpness: -2
Clarity: -4
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Color Chrome Effect: Weak
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Weak
White Balance: Fluorescent 1, +2 Red & -5 Blue
ISO: Auto, up to ISO 6400
Exposure Compensation: +1/3 to +1 (typically)
Example photographs, all camera-made JPEGs using this Nature Neon film simulation recipe:
Immanuel Sanders
Thomas Schwab
Ritchie Roesch
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Hi there!
Love your site!
I don’t suppose you know of a Portra recipe for the GFX50R by any chance do you please?
I’ve hunted everywhere…
Cheers Adam
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I don’t, but I have been told that the X-Trans IV Portra recipes work on GFX. Not sure if it’s the X100V recipe or X-T30 recipes (or all of them). I don’t have any first hand experience.
Looks great. Especially for some of the deep shadow tree shots i do. Will try and put similar settings into my x-e1 thats for sure.
It looks like you are doing similar thing to the Fuji Industrial by using a cold white balance but using the shift to bring back to daylight?
Kind of, I suppose. Not nearly to the extent of Fujicolor Industrial, though. I appreciate the feedback!
Interesting. But no for me.
It’s definitely not for everyone! Some will love it, my guess is most won’t try it. I appreciate the input!
Great job presenting new recipes, sent you $2 the other day!
Too bad Fuji doesn’t give us an adjustable vignette setting for the film simulations (besides the fixed vignette for Toy Camera mode). That would really add a nice mood to some pictures without the need for external editing.
Thank you for your support and input! I think the vignette idea is great! I hope it happens someday.
Nice one. Hope this will work on xt2.
No, not entirely. You’re missing Color Chrome Effect, CCE Blue, and Clarity. But feel free to try it anyway, just disregard those settings. Maybe consider doing Highlight -1 and Shadow +1 instead, since you don’t have Clarity.
Love it! Just ordered my X-E4 and can’t wait to try this and several others for some fall/autumn shooting
Awesome! I love my X-E4. Not perfect, but so much camera in such a small package.