There’s a feature on the Fujifilm X100F called “Advanced Filters” that has some JPEG options that aren’t really anything advanced. These are not intended for the professional users, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t fun to play with.
One of these Advanced Filters is Toy Camera, which is supposed to make an effect like using a Holga or Diana camera and cross-processing slide film. There’s not a whole lot you can customize or change within Toy Camera, so you get what you get.
The effect is kind of interesting, but not something you’d want to do often. Also, it wouldn’t be difficult to replicate the look using Nik Analog Efex, Alien Skin Exposure or VSCO. It’s nice that the camera will do it for you, but you have to really like how the camera produces it.
I’m not in love with the look myself. I mean, I like the vintage camera and cross-processed look, especially when it comes from an actual vintage camera and actual cross-processed slide film, but the Toy Camera effect on the X100F just doesn’t quite do it for me. I think that Fujifilm could improve this feature significantly by making it more similar to the Film Simulations.
For this experiment I used the Toy Camera Advanced Filter for the first time. I set the aspect ratio to 1:1 because when I use an actual Holga camera I shoot the 120 film in square frames. I gave myself 12 exposures to try it out on, figuring if I shot a roll of 120 film with a square format I’d have 12 exposures. These are the “best” of the twelve:
Epic – South Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100F Toy Camera
Pumpkin Coffee Lid – Woods Cross, UT – Fujifilm X100F Toy Camera
Bucks – Woods Cross, UT – Fujifilm X100F Toy Camera
9 – South Weber, UT – Fujifilm X100F Toy Camera
Coffee Shop Smile – Bountiful, UT – Fujifilm X100F Toy Camera
Green Leaves & Red Berries – Kaysville, UT – Fujifilm X100F Toy Camera
Red Post In Concrete – South Weber, UT – Fujifilm X100F Toy Camera
