This new Kodak Plus-X 125 Film Simulation Recipes comes to us curtesy of Dylan Van Matre. “The short story is that I’ve been a film shooter for a long time,” Dylan told me, “and one of my favorite films during that time has been Kodak Plus-X 125. When I moved to Fuji and discovered Film Simulation Recipes, one of the films I looked for was Kodak Plus-X 125. It was a favorite of mine during the early 90’s. I couldn’t find one published by someone else, so I endeavored to make my own. I enlisted the help of Anders Linborg to learn about Recipes and how to create them.”
“When I decided to try and create this Recipe,” Dylan continued, “I thought that I should try and learn from someone who has created ones that I enjoyed and felt were accurate. Anders with his Kodak Tri-X 400 Recipe (and others) immediately came to mind. I emailed him inquiring about his creation process. Anders was kind enough to respond, and he gave me a great check list on how to go about creating a Recipes. I download the specification sheet for Plus-X 125 film and found the spectrum analysis chart. I found the most prominent peak on the chart and made a note on the frequency that it’s located. That’s how I decide upon my white balance.”
“From there I picked the response curve that I felt was most appropriate,” Dylan said, “which led me to the Acros film simulation. After that I used the reference images I had, which were a bunch of Plus-X scans from the early 90’s, and I starting shooting with my Fujifilm camera. I’ve shot in all kinds of lighting conditions over the last couple years, making tweaks here and there. After some fine-tuning, I had created a Recipe that I feel most represents Plus-X 125 film. I want to thank Andors Linborg for his amazing advise, and I want to thank Ritchie for his amazing website.”
Included in the email was a private link to some of Dylan’s photos captured with this Kodak Plus-X 125 Film Simulation Recipe, as well as some of his scans of actual Kodak Plus-X 125 film. It was quite obvious to me comparing the two that this Recipe is a good match, and Dylan did an excellent job creating it. He certainly put in a lot of research and effort to get this right. Thank you, Dylan Van Matre, for creating and sharing this Recipe!
Plus-X was a long-running classic B&W negative film by Kodak, known for its fine grain, sharpness, and moderate contrast that made it popular for both professional and amateur photographers. Originally introduced in 1938 as a motion picture film, it evolved over the decades. The ISO 125 version was released in 1954. After more than 70 years in production, Kodak discontinued Plus-X in 2010, with the last batch shipping in 2011, marking the end of an era for one of the company’s longest-running emulsions. This Recipe is compatible with X-Trans IV (except the X-T3/X-T30) and X-Trans V cameras, as well as newer GFX models.
Film Simulation: Acros (including +Ye, +R, or +G)
Monochromatic Color (Toning): WC 0 & MG 0 (Off)
Dynamic Range: DR200
Grain Effect: Weak, Large
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome FX Blue: Off
White Balance: Daylight, +9 Red & +9 Blue
Highlight: -1
Shadow: +1
Sharpness: -1
High ISO NR: -4
Clarity: +2
ISO: Auto, up to ISO 6400
Exposure Compensation: -1/3 to -2/3 (typically)
Example photographs, all camera-made JPEGs captured using this Kodak Plus-X 125 Film Simulation Recipe on a Fujifilm X-T5, X100VI, X-E4 & GFX100S II:
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Very impressive job Dylan 💪👌👍
I’ll make room to other recipes! Or simply just clear out the B&W recipe I just programmed on 1 of the 3 Film Simulation Recipe of my new X-E5, as your recipe seems gorgeous 😋
Might became a must have / use.
Let’s see that. I’ll be eager to test it asap.
I think I will have some wonderfull shooting and testing sessions along the way 😉
Thanks a lot Dylan for the research and sharing it to us via Ritchie. Thx too to Anders along the way.
I appreciate your kind feedback! Dylan definitely deserves it.
Very welcome and thank YOU for publishing it. It’s great 👍
Excellent work! Plus-X was my favorite B&W film dating back to the late 70’s and I’ve been eagerly awaiting a Plus-X recipe. I’ve also made one of my own — a “memory” version that I enjoy using from time to time— but yours is certainly closer to the original!
It seems like a pretty close match, probably about as good as it can get with the tools available. Dylan did a great job. Thanks for your kind feedback!
I was super excited to see this Plus-X simulation when I got up this morning. Plus-X is one of my favorite B&W films. This recipe is very likely to become one of my go-to selections. I’ve already added it to my X100V, and taken a few test shots of my canine muse. I’ll need to try it out on more subjects when I have time to get out and about, but I’m already loving it. I think I’ll try it with the Ye+ filter next.
Thanks for publishing this article, and thanks to Dylan for his excellent work in recreating a classic.
Thanks so much for this kind feedback! Dylan deserves the praise.
I had so forgotten that look.
I was in the Ilford camp, FP3 in Perceptol.
Customers, tended to prefer the AGFA.
We mainly did Stainless Industrial Food Processing machines.
A world of shiny blades and injectors.
Press switched from HP3 to Tri-X.
Plus-X, not so much.
This Sim is both Classy and Satiny.
Impressive.
Malcolm Hayward.
Thanks for your kind input. Dylan did a great job with this.
So many recipes I would like to have rapid resource to.
Kodachrome 25, Ectachrome and the social standard Vericolour, for starters.
Nothing else cleaned up the linen at receptions and similar gatherings like Vericolour..
Stored in about 15 lighting chapters, probably three to five for every category.
Lack of rapid selection means close to no selection.
Back to School. Pure William Tyndale.
Everybody used to have to do this.
Re:- The Ten “Commandments”.
Take Ten Sheets of paper.
Write a “Commandment” as a header to each.
Work through Leviticus etc.
Assign each rule to a “Commandment” heading.
Lo! and Behold!
An indexing system.
Accessibility.
A triumph.
Ten, or maybe twelve, is memorable. Historic sheep counting systems, although fascinating, are not.
I seem to stick to Fuji’s technical default plus full Rockers (sans grain) for a bit of Oomph!
A bit more storage space plus folders, liberation.
Fuji, you can do this.
Options are wonderful. They are so much better with an indexing system.
Even the Desert Tribes knew this, thousands of years ago.
Rgds.
Malcolm.