So far in 2025, I have published 29 Film Simulation Recipes; however, 14 of those were a part of the Universal Negative Recipe set, which if you only counted that as one Recipe (and not 14), that means I’ve published 16. For the purpose of this article I’m counting all 14, so 29 total. Of those, I wanted to share which 10 are my personal favorites and why you might want to try them yourself. The list below are not in any particular order. Let’s dive in!
I published the Kodak Vericolor VPS Recipe on July 7th. It uses the Nostalgic Neg. film simulation, and has a retro negative film aesthetic. It’s surprisingly versatile—I’ve had good results in sunny daylight, overcast, indoor, and even at night. This Recipe is compatible with the Fujifilm X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
This is the second most recent Recipe, published earlier this month on September 5th. It’s an alternative Kodak Portra 400 aesthetic, using the Reala Ace film simulation. Like the first Recipe, this one is surprisingly versatile—I’ve had good results in sunny daylight, overcast, indoor, and even at night. This Recipe is compatible with the Fujifilm X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
The Kodak Portra do Sol Recipe, which was created by Gilson Teixeira, was published back on April 23rd. It’s a modification of my Bright Kodak Recipe, and uses Classic Chrome film simulation. This is excellent in sunny daylight conditions, and works pretty well in blue hour, as well. It’s intended for the Fujifilm X-Pro3, X100V, X-T4, X-S10, X-E4, X-T30 II, and GFX100S.
I published this Summer Sun Recipe, which uses the Reala Ace film simulation, on June 26th. It’s along the lines of Bright Summer, Eterna Summer, Summer of ’59, 1970’s Summer, California Summer, Texas Sun, Kodak Portra 800 v3, and others. Summer Sun works best in sunny daylight conditions, and is compatible with the Fujifilm X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
The Provia Summer Recipe is a Fuji X Weekly App Patron Early-Access Recipe, published way back on January 22nd. Unsurprisingly, it uses the Provia film simulation. Like Summer Sun, it is also along the lines of those same “Summer” Recipes, and it works best in sunny daylight situation (I did have some good luck at night with this). Provia Summer is compatible with the Fujifilm X-Pro3, X100V, X-T4, X-S10, X-E4, X-T30 II, X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100S, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
This is another Fuji X Weekly App Patron Early-Access Recipe, published on May 19th. It has a Fujichrome aesthetic similar to Velvia 100, and works best in sunny daylight, but can be good in some other light situations sometimes. This Recipe, which uses the Velvia film simulation, is compatible with the Fujifilm X-Pro3, X100V, X-T4, X-S10, X-E4, X-T30 II, X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100S, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
This is a Universal Negative Recipe, which was published back on March 28th. It uses the Reala Ace film simulation, and is roughly reminiscent of photo prints from the 1990’s. It’s surprisingly versatile—I’ve had good results in sunny daylight, overcast, indoor, and even at night. This Recipe is compatible with the Fujifilm X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
Another Universal Negative Recipe that was published back on March 28th, the Fujicolor Superia 200 Recipe, which uses the Classic Negative film simulation, is reminiscent of the film of the same name. Like Retro Negative, this is surprisingly versatile—I’ve had good results in sunny daylight, overcast, indoor, and even at night. This Recipe is intended for the Fujifilm X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
The Classic B&W Recipe was invented on a photowalk in Colorado. It uses the Acros+G film simulation, and was published on August 2nd. It’s already one of my personal favorite B&W Recipes. It’s compatible with the Fujifilm X-Pro3, X100V, X-T4, X-S10, X-E4, X-T30 II, X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100S, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
This is the latest Recipe, published just a few days ago on September 20th. It uses the Acros film simulation, and was invented by Dylan Van Matre with some help from Anders Linborg. It’s going to be a fan favorite, I already know it. I don’t think it will overtake the Kodak Tri-X 400 Recipe as the most popular B&W Recipe, but it might become the second most popular—we’ll see. This Recipe is compatible with the Fujifilm X-Pro3, X100V, X-T4, X-S10, X-E4, X-T30 II, X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, GFX100S, GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.
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Quick question about film simulation recipes: has anyone noticed differences using the same recipe between the last two sensor generations? I recently moved from the X-E4 to the X-E5 and I feel like I’m not quite getting the same look I had on my X-E4. I guess that might be normal with the sensor change, but it seems the highlight and shadow settings don’t behave exactly the same. My shots now look noticeably brighter overall, with highlights standing out more.
Is it just me, or have you seen the same thing? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
It’s pretty normal for there to be small differences from one generation to the next. I think anytime you have hardware changes, there’s going to be variances. Interestingly, I talked with someone from Fujifilm just yesterday who told me that small differences in output from one generation to the next is intentional, so that each iteration has its own unique charm. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but that’s what I was told. The biggest difference that I have noticed is that blue is more deep on X-Trans V than X-Trans IV with Classic Chrome, Classic Negative, Eterna, and Eterna Bleach Bypass, but of course there are other small differences, too.
Hi Richie,
These B&W recipes are really good but my fav is still Kodak Tri-X 400! I am looking for a recipe that could match Josh Edgoose’s photos (he’s a photographer based in the UK who runs the ‘Framelines’ YouTube channel), His photos are super colored/punchy while very vintage too, and I really love this style (quite subjective tho): do you know this photographer and his style? Thx
Kodak Tri-X 400 is my favorite, too.
Someone awhile back asked about Josh (spicy meatball). I briefly corresponded with him about it, but he was not forthcoming to his process—in fact, he seemed a bit offended that I even asked.
I feel like Astia using D-Range Priority maybe could get somewhat close. Maybe the Astia Azure Recipe, but Color Chrome FX Blue set to Off or Weak, DR-P Weak, and Color +4? It’s probably still not going to be right, but it’s something that I can look into.
All right, that’s him (spicy meatball). While I feel disappointed by the kind of reaction… But I am sure this recipe style will be successful since it’s really refreshing. Again thank you for your hard work!
All right, that’s him (spicy meatball). While I feel disappointed by the kind of reaction… But I am sure this recipe style will be successful since it’s really refreshing. Again thank you for your hard work!