When I published my Top 25 Most Popular Film Simulation Recipes of 2023 (so far…), what was surprisingly absent were any that were modeled after or inspired by Fujifilm emulsions. The Top 25 were almost entirely Kodak-like Recipes. That shouldn’t be too surprising since Kodak was the most popular film manufacturer, so the desire for a Kodak rendering is to be expected. But, personally, I really appreciate many of the Fujicolor Recipes, and their complete exclusion from the Top 25 list was a bit unexpected.
Someone suggested that I should make a new list, this one showcasing the most popular Fujifilm-like Recipes. Just like the Top 25 list, this one is based on page-view website statistics. It’s a flawed method, but the best that I have available to me. I included the overall ranking, too, just so that you can see where they stand in the big picture.
The number one most popular Fujicolor Recipe is for X-Trans III cameras (plus the X-T3 and X-T30), as is number eight. The tenth spot is an X-Trans V Recipe. All the others are for X-Trans IV cameras. Eight of these use Classic Negative as the base, one uses PRO Neg. Std, and one uses Velvia. Some of these are personal favorite Recipes of mine, while some of my other personal favorite Recipes that are modeled after or inspired by Fujifilm emulsions didn’t make this list.
Without any further delay, here are the Top 10 Fujicolor Film Simulation Recipes:
#1 (#30 overall):
#2 (#41 overall):
#3 (#53 overall):
#4 (#54 overall):
#5 (#57 overall):
#6 (#60 overall):
#7 (#61 overall):
#8 (#70 overall):
#9 (#72 overall):
#10 (#76 overall):
Find these Film Simulation Recipes and many more on the Fuji X Weekly App!
Thank you for your work. Your presets are incredible.
You are very welcome! I appreciate your kindness!
Thanks, Ritchie!
My T5, current presets using your recipes (C3 and C4 are Justin’s):
C0-REALA ACE
C1-PACIFIC BLUES
C2-FUJICOLOR NATURA 1600
C3-CLASSIC GOLD (JUSTIN)
C4-KOJAK GOLD (JUSTIN)
C5-KODAK PORTRA 160 v2
C6-KODAK GOLD 200
C7-FUJICOLOR PRO 400H
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Also, nice use of the “hidden” “bonus” 8th slot!
Thank you for your work! These fujicolor recipes have been some of my favorites, particularly Superia 1600. Have you tried making less warm version of the Fujicolor 100 recipe? Like something that would look more like Alex Muñoz’ instagram photos using that film stock
I’ll take a look, thanks for the tip!