This Easy Reala Ace Film Simulation Recipe comes from Nathalie Boucry, who shared it on her blog (click here — look at the very bottom, sample pictures within the article). Nathalie and I cohost a YouTube program called SOOC Live, which you should definitely check out if you haven’t yet. When Nathalie received her Fujifilm X100VI, there were not any Reala Ace Recipes for it yet. Now there are a few—PRO Negative 160C, Fujicolor 100 Industrial, Fujicolor PRO 160C Warm, and Kodak Gold 200 v3—but back then there weren’t any, so she made her own.
“I’m liking the new film simulation a lot,” Nathalie said. “I had to think out of the box when I first got the camera and was out in the bright South Africa sun. I enjoy the gentle, true color reproduction and the tonal contrast to make my images come alive.” I think that’s an excellent description of the Recipe: gentle yet true-to-life that makes images come alive. It’s also highly versatile, and can work well for many subjects, in many different conditions, and in a variety of light situations. It’s not a huge adjustment from factory-default Reala Ace, but it definitely does improve on it.
The Easy Reala Ace Film Simulation Recipe is currently only compatible with the Fujifilm X100VI and X-T50; however, once Fujifilm gives Reala Ace to the other fifth-generation X-Trans cameras—the X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, and X-S20—later this year, it will be compatible with those models, too. I’m sure it can be used on the latest GFX cameras, but it will likely render slightly differently (try it anyway, though). Thank you, Nathalie, for creating and sharing this Recipe, and allowing me to publish it on Fuji X Weekly!
Film Simulation: Reala Ace
Dynamic Range: DR400
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome FX Blue: Weak
White Balance: Auto, 0 Red & 0 Blue
Highlight: -1
Shadow: 0
Color: 0
Sharpness: 0
High ISO NR: -4
Clarity: 0
ISO: Auto, up to ISO 6400
Exposure Compensation: +1/3 to +1 (typically)
Example photographs, all camera-made JPEGs captured using this Easy Reala Ace Film Simulation Recipe on my Fujifilm X100VI:
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Fujifilm X100VI in black:
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Fujifilm X100VI in silver:
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My X100VI is being delivered tomorrow. Excited to enter this in and try it out. Your older Classic Chrome recipe has been my go to for some time now. This looks to have some similarities. Looks good.
Awesome! I think you’ll like it 😀
Really nice set of photos so this recipe is tasty, now if I can just get that Reala Ace and the eye focus fix
Thanks! I believe Fujifilm said that it’s coming soon.
Dang you were outside my shop & didn’t even know it. Would have been cool to thank you in person for the site.
Oh, I would have loved to have met you! Where is your shop??
Such a beautiful recipe! Even if it’s simple… and i actually see some similarities between these images & some slide film emulsions (maybe provia or astia) especially the blues, i think reala ace could be a potential to create both slide film & negative film stocks
That’s a great observation. Definitely some (unintended) similarities to Astia film. Thanks for sharing!
I downloaded the firmware update on Saturday into the XT-5. The Reala Ace is one of the best surprises I’ve seen. Love this recipe. It has so many applications. Thank you!
Awesome! 😀
Thanks for the small adjustments for Reala Ace, effective in getting more vivid images while still maintaining very good color reproduction. Excellent!
I appreciate the feedback!