My name is Ritchie Roesch and I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I’ve been a part-time and hobby photographer for two decades. I studied photography in college under June Van Cleef. I started off using 35mm film, and I’ve been shooting digital for about 12 years now. I’m not a pro, but I wouldn’t call myself an amateur, either.
Fuji X Weekly is a photography blog dedicated to all things Fujifilm. It’s an online journal where I talk about my experiences and opinions. Yes, it’s me talking about my cameras, which are all Fujifilm X series cameras, such as the X100V, X-T30, X-T1, etc. If that sounds interesting to you, I invite you to follow this blog and check back frequently.
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love your work on film simulations. thanks for big inspo, playing with my xt3 and my upcoming back up xt30. ive been a fuji user since day 1 but i had to go away from fuji cause the lack of mp that i needed for work which got me using nikon d810 which i love also, but glad to be back as 26mp is good enough for my paying customers.
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Glad that you like the film simulation recipes! Thank you for commenting!
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Hi Ritchie!
This is Kira from Vietnam. Just switched from Sony to Fujifilm and was a bit struggled with color setting, but then found out your blog through searching “fujifilm” through wordpress reader. I’ve skimmed all of your film recipe and find it very useful! Gonna read again and try out with my new X-T20.
Thank you so much!
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You are welcome! Glad you found some useful articles. I appreciate your kind words!
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Hi Ritchie! This is Lorenzo from Rome. I started shooting with a Fuji camera, the X-20, some years ago. Today I have the X-E1 which I use mostly with my old Nikon lens and the XT-20. Thank you very much for your film simulation recipes. It’s like going back in time when I was a student in the 70s with my beloved Nikkormat.
Thank you vert much!
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You are very welcome! I appreciate your feedback!
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Greetings from Poland. Thank you for your work and sharing it. I’m starting my adventure with your recipes. I chose Kodakchrome II, Vintage Kodakchrome, Agfa Optima and Ilford HP5 Plus for my XT2.
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You are welcome! Glad that you found the recipes useful.
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Awesome blog, i was recommended this by another photographer, i’m keen to try out the Film Simulation Challenge! Keep up the great work on this blog
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Thank you! I appreciate the comment.
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Just chanced upon your site and love your film simulation recipes. I have worked at Fujifilm for nearly 30 years and have been shooting for at least 50. Your attention to detail and to colour science is to be commended.
Keep up the good work. Would love to see a Reala recipe here.
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I appreciate your feedback and encouragement! I will see if I can create a Reala recipe for you.
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This is a really cool idea I’m definitely gunna give this a go ! I’m a new fujifilm owner coming from full frame and love my xT20 😀 thanks this is great 👏👏👏👏👏
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You are very welcome!
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Very nice profiles. And all your hard work is really appreciated!
Is there aby way on an X-T3 to store the WB in a custom setting as well?
If not, how do you apply the WB shift for different custom settings? Memorize them?
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No, unfortunately. Memorize them or add them to the name of the custom setting. The X-Pro3, X100V and X-T4 are the only Fujifilm cameras that can save white balance shifts.
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Hi Ritchie! I’m new to Fujifilm, and just a hobbyist/enthusiast. I just want to give a big thank you to you and your blog. You’ve made shooting so much more enjoyable and engaging with all the work that you’ve shared!
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I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you for letting me know!
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Hi Ritchie. Avner here from the Netherlands. I came across your website and found your articles really inspiring and the simulations super useful! Therefore I donated $5. 🙂 keep doing what you love. Thanks for the simulations and inspiration!
Cheers,
Avner
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Thank you! I appreciate your kind words of encouragement! Thank you for your support!
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really like it
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Thank you!
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Hey! I recently got the Fuji X-T3, and one of my biggest excitements for it was that I would be able to run film simulations on it! However, this is literally my first time on Fuji and I barely know how to navigate the menu system let alone being able to make a film simulation at all! I’ve tried to copy some film simulations, and I know that the closest camera I could copy from is the X-T30. I saw some settings on your recipes that I didn’t know how to replicate? I also wanted to create multiple film simulations but some of them use the same white balance but different Blue/Red shifts. Are there any videos or resources online where this process could be made easier? Also, can I only copy the recipes from the X-T30 or could I use the X100V as well? They’re listed under the same sensor I think, so I really don’t know. I’ve been following your page for so long leading up to the purchase of my camera, and it would be so great if you could help me try to learn how to do your recipes!
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Thanks for commenting!
The X-T30 recipes are the ones that you want to use on your X-T3. There are a couple of X100V recipes that you can use, too, but only a couple (even though the cameras have the same sensor, they don’t have the same JPEG options). The X-Trans III recipes (X100F, X-T20, X-Pro2) are also compatible.
Look in the menu for “Edit/Save Custom Settings” and in there you’ll be able to save 7 presets that you can later access through the Q menu. Unfortunately you cannot save the white balance shift, and that will have to be adjusted each time that you change the preset (except that the camera will remember one shift for each white balance, so if your presets use different white balances, you won’t have to adjust the shift).
I hope that this all makes sense. Let me know if it doesn’t.
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Hi Ritchie, greeting from China. Really impressive works of yours! My first camera is X-T20, I use Lightroom to do all the image-processing where film simulation cannot be applied on RAW. Gradually, I kinda don’t feel like going out and shouting anymore, but after reading your blogs, I re-aroused my passion for capturing the color of life. Can’t wait to go outside and shoot something! Thanks for the inspiration!
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You are welcome! Thank you for letting me know. Which recipe is your favorite?
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This is hard to choose, but I think I’ll go with Classic Chrome. It has a really good performance under sunny days.
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Awesome!
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Really like these amazing recipes. Thanks for sharing!!
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I appreciate your encouragement so much!
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