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Film Recipe Of The Month - January 2025

Kodak Gold 200 Film Recipe

The Kodak Gold 200 Fujifilm simulation recipe emulates the warm, nostalgic tones of Kodak Gold 200 film, celebrated for its vibrant yet natural color palette. This recipe is perfect for sunny outdoor scenes, producing warm highlights, soft shadows, and rich, golden hues. It excels in enhancing skin tones and amplifying the warmth of golden-hour light, giving photos a classic, cheerful, and slightly vintage look.
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Kodak Gold 200 Fujifilm Cameras

Fujifilm Recipes: Film Simulation Recipes For Fujifilm Cameras

What Are Fujifilm Recipes?

Fujifilm recipes are combinations of in-camera settings that mimic the look of various film stocks or create unique film look. These film recipes include adjustments to highlights, shadows, color, sharpness, and more. By loading the recipes into the camera, photographers can directly capture a specific aesthetic, cutting down on post-processing needs.

Fujifilm Motion Picture Film Recipe

Cine Obscura – Motion Picture Film Recipe For Fujifilm

I've been shooting film for awhile and have been looking forward to create a motion picture film recipe for Fujifilm cameras. This is one of the film simulation recipe for night photography which is called 'Cine...
Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 400H

Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 400H Portrait Film Recipe (Portrait Version)

Fujicolor Pro 400H has become one of my favourite film recipes for Fujifilm I can play around with the colour palettes and decided to fine-tune this film recipe for portrait photography....
Yashica Golden 80s Japanese Retro Color

Yashica Golden 80s Film – Retro Fujifilm X-Trans IV Recipe

If you love to travel and would like to achieve a retro Japanese film-like colour tone, then this Yashica Golden 80s film recipe is the best for you. This is the release of one of the...
Fujicolor Pro 400H Film Sample Fuji Recipe

Fujicolor Pro 400H Film Recipe (Street Version) For Fujifilm X-Trans IV Cameras

Honestly, the Fujicolor Pro 400H film recipe is one of the most complex Fujifilm recipes I have ever created. This was made based on the actual sample photos of discontinued 35mm Fujicolor Pro 400H film stock....
Nordic Bliss Minimal Photography

Nordic Bliss – Scandinavian Themed Fujifilm Simulation Recipe

This minimalist/travel recipe which is called Nordic Bliss is created after some brainstorming and extensive fine-tuning of the custom settings. Suitable for travel, creative, minimalist interiors, and landscapes....
Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400 Recipe Sample - Green

Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 Film Recipe – Japanese Film-Look

A new film recipe that is intended to mimic the actual Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 35mm color negative and this is one of the experiments I did and created based on an actual 35mm film photo...
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Fujifilm Recipes for Fujifilm X-Series Cameras

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Reala Ace

The latest addition to Fujifilm recipes lineup – Reala Ace film recipe. Versatile and perfect for all types of scenes, from bustling city streets to serene landscapes and everything in between.
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  • Vintage Film-Look
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Best Fujifilm Golden Hour Recipes: Capture Stunning Photos

The Shutter Groove’s Golden Hour Recipes For Fujifilm cameras unlock the true magic of photography as the sun dips lower in the sky, casting a mesmerizing glow. The air softens, shadows stretch longer, and everything is...
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Best Fujifilm Film Recipes For Travel Photography

Have you ever wondered which Fujifilm film recipes can truly make your travel photos shine? Whether it's the sunlit streets of Paris or the vibrant chaos of a bustling Asian market, the right film simulation can...
Cinematic Street Photography

Cinematic Street Photography: Top Film Simulation Recipes

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Film Recipes For Fujifilm Cameras

Fujifilm Recipes For Fujifilm Cameras -
Film Simulation Recipes

Capture images straight out of the camera (SOOC) with the Fujifilm recipes for all Fujifilm X-Trans sensor cameras. Also can be used on other Fujifilm mirrorless models. These Fujifilm film simulation recipes are great for portraits, fashion, modelling, landscape, urban street photography and many more.

Taking photos using the recipes can be fun as you are trying to explore the difference in colours to match your mood and creativity to create story-telling still images especially for street photography, which captures daily life on the street.

Learn how to store custom film recipes on your Fujifilm mirrorless cameras. It’s time to spice up your SOOC images with cinematic, moody and Japanese film look.

Shutter Groove’s Fujifilm recipes are a fantastic tool for photographers looking to add a unique touch to their images. Whether you’re a fan of classic film looks or prefer more modern styles, there’s a recipe out there for you.

By shooting straight out of the camera, you will know how to shoot in different situations and lighting. You will be able to learn to operate the camera by adjusting your camera settings to match the current environment you’re shooting in such as controlling the exposure, shutter speed or ISO.

Other than that, you don’t have to edit your photos which save you a lot of editing time so you can share the photos straight away with friends and family.

It all depends on what you want to achieve when you shoot photos with your Fujifilm recipes. Check out some of the best film simulations that are popularly used by Fuji shooters around the world.

Many Fujifilm cameras, particularly those from the X series, feature film simulation modes that emulate the appearance of traditional film stocks. This function is celebrated for its ability to deliver unique, aesthetic qualities directly from the camera, reducing the need for extensive post-processing. Here are the list of Fujifilm cameras can use recipes:

Fujifilm cameras with the X-Trans IV sensor can use the custom recipes such as the X-T4, X-S10, X-E4, X-100V, X-T30 II, X-Pro3.

Most of the film simulation recipes are intended to be used on older Fujifilm camera models X-Trans III and X-Trans IV, as well as new sensors X-T5, X-H2, and X-H2S, the X100VI, and the latest Fujifilm X-T50.

In case you can’t find the setting such as the Color Chrome Effect, Clarity etc, on your camera, you can ignore it.

Yes, you can use the custom film simulation settings for other X-Trans sensors as long as the camera have the base film simulation such as Acros, Classic Negative and so on.

Certain setting such as the Clarity is not available in older X-Trans cameras. You can still changes the Highlights, Colors, Shadow & most important, the White Balance Shift.

Some settings might not be available and will yield different results. Custom film recipe is created to simulate the vintage film color and might not be accurate to the real film.

Yes! Definitely can. This technique has been existed since film photography and using a diffusion filter when shooting portraits will get the best results to soften the skin tone and helps remove blemishes. The Downtown Bloom recipe is best used with a diffusion filter to create the glow effect.

Using the filter will also create a certain vintage and dreamy cinematic film-like still images that many creative shooters uses to create artsy photos. You can learn more about diffusion filters, even better if you have vintage lenses or modern sharp lenses.

Yes, you can use the custom Fujifilm recipes and shoot with any vintage lenses. Make sure that the lens glasses is clear. Most vintage lens will turned yellowish color after some period of time and this can affect the color of the still images. You can find out how to remove the yellowish tint from vintage lens via Youtube.

By using a vintage lens with the film recipes, you can create certain artistic film-like mood that you can never imagine.

The use of base film simulations on Fujifilm X-Series cameras is more than enough if you are not creating any custom settings.

Having able to create more Fujifilm recipes can be fun as many Fuji X shooters out there are trying to create and explore more vintage film color science options such as the Kodak Portra 400, Kodachrome 64, Ilford HP5 Plus, CineStill 800T and so on.

Yes, of course! Why not? All the recipes will work on the Fujifilm X-100VI, X-T50, X-T5, X-S20, X-H2 & X-H2S. We have came across some test by X-H2 users and it works on the X-Trans 5 sensor. Most of the recipes are fine-tuned using the White Balance Shift or Kelvin temperature, so the tone will be same.

If you are looking for the Fujifilm X-T5 film recipes, feel free to try experiment it on the X-T5. It will be different but still usable and might look even better!

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