I have a box in my closet filled with old photos. Some are from my or my wife’s childhood in the ’80’s and ’90’s. Some are from early in our marriage. Some are of my oldest daughter when she was a baby. Many of these pictures are from point-and-shoot film cameras, like QuickSnap or Kodak FunSaver disposable cameras, which were developed at one-hour photo labs. These express photo labs used to be everywhere, but nowadays they’re pretty rare. I was looking through the photo box recently, reminiscing on old times, and I was captivated by the aesthetic of some of the pictures.

The images that caught my attention were in a few different envelopes, but the commonality is that they were captured with Fujicolor Superia 400 film on a QuickSnap camera, and printed on Fujicolor Chrystal Archive paper at Ritz photo in Tucson, Arizona. During that time, Ritz was the photo store that I most commonly visited, so it makes sense that I’d drop off film for one-hour development while I purchased some rolls for my Pentax K1000 (the “real” camera I had at that time). This Recipe, which I’ve called 1-Hour Photo, is modeled after the aesthetic of those prints—not so much the look from the lens, but the colors and tonality. I suppose a Dispo-lens (or something like that) would further the look. Also, I sometimes used flash on my X100VI.

This is a Fuji X Weekly App Early-Access Recipe, which means that it is currently only available to App Patrons; however, in time it will be available to everyone. The Early-Access Recipes have been backlogged, remaining restricted much longer than I want them to be. For example, the Recipe that this one replaces has been on the App for two years now, available only to subscribers. Last year I started a series in hopes to rectify this problem, creating a new Early-Access Recipe with each Film Simulation. I got Provia and Velvia knocked out without too much trouble, then got stuck on Astia for awhile. I’m still working on the Classic Chrome Recipe, but completed Classic Negative first; instead of waiting to release this, I decided to skip Classic Chrome for the moment, and get this one out. If you are a Fuji X Weekly App Patron subscriber, it’s available to you right now.

This 1-Hour Photo Recipe is compatible with all fifth-generation models, which (as of this writing) are the Fujifilm X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, X-S20, X100VI, X-T50, X-M5, X-E5, and X-T30 III models. You can use it on fourth-generation cameras, too; however, it will render slightly different. It’s also compatible with newer GFX models like the GFX100 II, GFX100S II, and GFX100RF.

Example photographs, all camera-made JPEGs using this 1-Hour Photo Film Simulation Recipe on my Fujifilm X100VI, X-E5, and X-T5:

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