My wife, Amanda, has a Fujifilm X-T4. She uses it for both stills and video. Amanda pretty much runs the video side of Fuji X Weekly, as that’s something she’s good at, but she also does some occasional portrait and product photography. A few days ago she borrowed my Fujinon 90mm lens, attached it to her X-T4, and on a snowy morning captured some pictures of our kids sledding at a local park (I was shooting with a GFX-50S, you can see some of those pictures here).
Amanda showed me the photographs that she had captured, and I liked the picture aesthetic, so I asked her what settings she used. She told me she just picked some that she thought might look nice, and went with that. She made her own recipe! It’s based on Classic Negative, which is such a great film simulation. I asked her if I could share her pictures and recipe here, and she agreed. Thanks, Amanda!
This film simulation recipe is only compatible with the Fujifilm X-T4 and X-S10 (most likely the X-E4, too, when that comes out next month). If you like this recipe or these pictures, be sure to let Amanda know by leaving her a comment.
Classic Negative
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlight: +1
Shadow: +1.5
Color: +3
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening: +1
Clarity: 0
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Weak
White Balance: Auto, 0 Red & 0 Blue
ISO: Auto, up to ISO 6400
Exposure Compensation: +1/3 to +1
All of the pictures in this article are camera-made JPEGs captured by Amanda Roesch using this Classic Negative film simulation recipe on her Fujifilm X-T4.
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Hi Ritchie, Amanda has captured some lovely moments of your family enjoying the winter weather. Will we see more images from Amanda? I think she has an eye for photography as well. And as a bonus, we get to see some photographs of you for a change. 😃
Thanks so much! You are kind. I’d love to share more of Amanda’s pictures, so hopefully you will.
Thanks Amanda & Ritchie!
You are welcome!
why is this not compatible with x100v?
Because it requires +1.5 Shadow. On the X100V you’d have to decide between Shadow +1 or +2. Maybe, if you select +1, go +2 Clarity, or, if you select +2, go -2 Clarity.
how could you adjust this recipe for the XT3? love the coloring.
Unfortunately you cannot, because it requires Classic Negative. I still am holding out hope that Fujifilm will give the X-T3 Classic Negative, but at this point it seems like they won’t.
Great pics! I tried to use my new xt4 and 90mm this weekend and could barely capture any shots. My auto-focus wasn’t working and not sure why 🙁
I’m not sure why, either. Not in Manual Focus mode, right?