My top three recipes from FujiXWeekly right now are Portra 400, Superia 100 and Tri-X 400. So film simulation wise classic chrome, classic neg and acros(but I sometimes switch to monochrome). Hope they play around with those recipes later.
The nice thing about Fuji is on many models you can bracket film sims and shoot a single image but have 3 different film sims applied and saved as 3 different images.
I was a photographer at the time that ASTIA was introduced. At that time I was shooting fine art nudes in nature situations . Before ASTIA, I used Provia and was very happy with it. When ASTIA was introduced, The literature said that the AST in ASTIA stood for “accurate skin tones“. I thought I would give it a try and found it to be perfect for the subjects I was shooting. I would still shoot ASTIA for portraits if I was shooting film. I tried the ASTIA mode in my X-Pfo3 and found that it did have some of the traits of the original film stock. But I haven’t been using it because due to COVID-19 I haven’t been photographing very many people. For color, I always used transparency film. Once I figured out my way of doing things, I started using strictly Fujifilm films. When I switch to digital, a switch to Nikon DSLR’s because I had been a Nikon shooter and had a large inventory of Nikon glass. I still love my old Nikons, but I was overjoyed 10 years ago when Fujifilm came out with their X mount series cameras. I could get that Fujifilm Color look.
Well done you Dynamic Duo! Thats why I'm still carrying around my PenF despite having more modern camera: there is nothing like seeing the final results before even taking the shot.
I'm happy we share the same view on simulations. I shoot monochrome(RAW) because I like the look and I can judge light a lot better. Then if I need colour on them I render them as Provia after. Those are my two absolute fav modes on my Xpro3.
Same here. Across with the red filter. LOVE crushing the blacks. I don’t understand how on some B&W simulations the blacks are gray. One suggestion to Fuji they won’t find here. There is a setting where you get three film simulations. Too much. How about giving us a choice(as if we don’t have enough choice already) of selecting two or three film simulations. Been recently shamed for using Fuji vs. Leica. Can’t ever see myself with a camera having a red dot. Maybe I’ll win the lottery or a Leica contest. One is less likely than the other. Love my analog wheels on the top plate, love the look of the bodies, especially the black ones, love the lenses, and of course the simulations. All I want in my next Fuji body is IBIS. Once you’ve tasted it, hard to do without. Mask on Nurse Marty
I really enjoyed this little video. Your enthusiasm for just going out and taking some pictures for the hell of it. That's exactly right. I have a Fuji X30. It's not the sensor, or the camera, but it's the attitude of mind. There's a place for serious and a place for enjoyment. Happy snapping, folks...
I shoot RAW+JPG and set it to Pro Neg Hi FFS. Classic Chrome is exciting but Pro Neg Hi gives me a more boring look that I can add my style in my edits, and hopefully wouldn’t feel too cliche when viewed years later.
I find that Pro Neg Hi, with a slight WB shift of -1r -1b generally faithfully reproduces the scene, and produces good off-white colors, under many different lighting situations.
Just used Eterna shooting a few video courses for work and I don't even need to touch the colours. 😀 With a few adjustments and correct exposure you can get a great look all in camera!
"No classic chrome" *clicks off video* Just kidding - but I actually really enjoy the look of CC with the color boosted and the shadows brought down a hair! (Definitely doesn't look the best with default settings)
Totally agree! I always ignored CC until I realized its potential when tweaked to my liking. My new favorite recipe is a tweak of a CC recipe from The Big Negative: both chrome effects on strong, grain weak large, auto WB: Red +1 Blue 0, DR400, Highlight -1, Shadow -2, Color +3, Sharpness 0, NR -4, Clarity +1
Thank you for this video. I will definitely try Monochrome over Acros on my next outing. I have tended to lean too much on Velvia lately. It's time to be bold and venture onwards to new simulations.
Great informative video ! Its always harder to review the unmeasurable properly, without pouring overwhelming reference material to the audience. Greatly appreciated with your easy to understand, well explained review of the unmeasurable art!
LOL that's why I love the film simulations, room for different taste and styles. Mine are completely different than yours: 1. Astia: travel/indoors. I love the blue tones on this with some chrome blue colors enabled. 2. Classic Chrome: Documentary, people, focus more on action than colors. I use this when I'm invited at an event or for street photog. 3. Velvia: para nature / sunny, punchy. I live in Costa Rica and this is my favorite for sun rise and sunset colors. 4. Acros: B/W love it!! I shoot in B/W for personal projects. 5. Classic Negative: grunge, with hard on shadows, vintage
Mono vs. Acros The reason to shoot Acros is for the film grain look. Acros differs from Mono because Fujifilm engineers add a grain effect based on ISO. As ISO increases, the grain effect increases. Shoot Acros at 3,200 and you will see that it is "grain" rather than ISO noise and the amount increases/decreases as you change ISO. This is not the same as using the grain settings in the camera. Shoot Acros and don't be afraid of pushing high ISO to get grain, even in excellent light. Try the Kodak Tri-X400 from FujiXWeekly. I tweak it for my tastes. Acros (+Y, +R, +G) (I use Green for people) Dynamic Range: DR200 (you may wish to use DR400) Highlight: 0 (for more contrast I use +1) Shadow: +3 (for more contrast I use +4) Noise Reduction: -4 Sharpening: +1 Clarity: +4 (note: this settings takes a second for the image to save to SD card) Grain Effect: Strong, Large (I use off for both because Acros adds grain anyway) Color Chrome Effect: Strong Color Chrome Effect Blue: Off White Balance: Daylight,+9 Red & -9 Blue ISO: ISO 1600 - 12800 Exposure Compensation: +1/3 to +1
I prefer fujixweekly Kodak Tri-X 400 recipe (which uses Acros). The advantage of using Acros over Mono is the grain effect increasing as ISO increases. I use Highlight +1 and Shadow +4 with it.
I used to scoff at Astia too. i used provia and Valvia the most and pro neg hi. Now i like to use Astia and pro Neg standard but totally agree with you on Classic Chrome
Loved the video . I agree . The E option looks just great as does the standard BE option . I also like using that option on Olympus cameras , as it requires so little work in processing and the same appears to work on the phone , as colour is far too distracting on occasions . I was watching somebody using a simple film camera with a fixed shutter and aperture . Boy, those shots looked classic and evocative . It appears modern lenses are way too shape and the bodies have too many megapixels . We need to do more evocative pictures that speak to the soul of us. I think that will be my aim for 2022. What will you guys do to recapture the magic
Monochrome in winter is awesome I shoot jpeg because I have not time for post editing no real interest either Keep up the good work love your videos 👍👍🇦🇺📸📷
Classic Chrome by itself is a little eh for me as well, but using it to make the Portra 400 film recipe is fantastic and I use it constantly. Just be sure to change the white balance.
Personally I absolutely love Eterna. I remember watching a Camera Conspiracies video and when I saw the first sequence in Eterna I bought the XT4 based on how amazing it looked to me. Wasn’t particularly looking for another camera at the time and was content using my old 70D, but seeing that Eterna made me really want one.
I love the assist tools, XLR adapter, dynamic range and handling of the Panasonic bodies. However, Eterna has a look I just can't quite duplicate on any other system, and it keeps me coming back to Fujifilm all the time.
@@thatjordandrake hey love your videos keep up the great work. Any chance we could get a video make on how a DPreview video gets made? from start to finish. Thanks :D
@@thatjordandrake Well if you come back to Fujifilm for video it's a testament to how much they've improved over the last years. I remember i pretended the X-E2 didn't shoot video because the footage was just unbeareable. From the X-T2 and beyond the individual steps have been mind bogling good.
Fuji presets and the dials is what drew me to the system and just love it. Monochrome is my number 1 way to shoot, but the other sims are great also... Thanks guys...
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Interesting video. I will definitely follow your channel.
Even though I like Classic Chrome so much to the point that it's pretty much only the film simulation I use, it's only because I can't afford to get an X-Pro 3 yet to use that sweet sweet Classic Neg. 😂 Great work as always! Had me wheezing on the intro joke. 🤣🤣
Hi, how did you do this? I shoot Nikon too and loved Provia and Kodak Portra 160Nc when I used films. I mean, do yoi do this shooting JPEG or RAW/NEF and then applying somehow a film simulation "recipe" to the RAW? Thank you in advance!!
@@sebastianorametta2274 Of course, you can use the appropriate presets in your graphics program when calling Raw. There is, however, another easier option in Nikon. You can find many Picture Controls ready for use at nikonpc.com/. You just need to find the one you are interested in, download it to the memory card and install it in the camera. Then, in addition to standard settings such as Vivide or Monochrome, new options appear. Unfortunately, not every Nikon has this option, but everything works perfectly in my D7200.
@@WW-sf4kc thank you! I know PCC, I've owned D300 and now D7500 and I think this should perfectly work, but my concern was how do you make a preset to look very like Fuji or Kodak films. For example, I loved classic neg here in this video. But I guess I'm not so good at manipulating via Nikon PCC to make my preset look like classic neg. And with the rest the same ;)
Wise wise words, Chris! Coming from a Nikon D810 I always shot RAW, because raw is king, raw always raw, maximum latitude and blablabla, finding myself in many boring situations where I enjoyed the shooting and I just wanted to get my nice pictures looking good straight outta the camera. Then my GF bought a Nikon Z50 and oh my: I rediscovered the pleasure of just putting the camera into Auto and point-and-shoot or use the creative colors to get some funny results out of family & friends events. Let's spread some JPEG love!
The marriage of Velvia and the American West with my Canon A-1 gave me some of my best images and so many memories of the early 90s. Fuji wins the award for color science.
I've been playing with some custom color profiles for my Nikon Z6 - it's absolutely amazing how much more versatile it makes the camera! Loaded it up with 10, and now I find I barely need to tweak anything in post for everyday shots.
@@jsurfin1 I would assume it's the same yep - nikonpc.com/ & download your preferred profiles, put them onto your card, put it in the camera and you can "add" them from the color profile menu.
When I was a film shooter I always bought Velvia 50, not 100 because the 50 iso was a lot more saturated. I shot a lot of Acros 100, and T-Max 100 too. I loved Kodak Techpan too (25 iso) because it was just so fine grained and detailed with a contrast boost. It felt like shooting medium format but in 35mm. I miss the film days. That said, I'd love to experiment with some Classic Neg at this point in my life and maybe shoot some roadside diners and route 66 Americana with it. Could be cool.
As always, thanks for the great content and humour! I never miss, even if it's about a camera that I don't have. Knowledgeable and no-nonsense advice :-)
Yesss. Monochrome to me looks better than Acros to me too. I think Canon had the best jpeg system since you can make your own jpeg profiles with the camera window. My favourite is Velvia because I'm an amateur newbie who likes to shoot colour. But I'm learning the difference between saturated colour and rich colour. ✌️
Hi, just subscribed, but have been watching your videos with some interest for the last 2 years. Thanks, always a useful perspective and very informative. I've been playing with recipes a lot (on C2 - C7) recently as well as using the "film" presets. That's fun with fuji...
The film simulations are one of my favorite things about my X-T4. Good to know that I should use Astia for all of those 'egg in a window' pictures I take
Astia isn't actually soft, apart from some skin tones. It has quite hard contrast and boosted saturation in most colors apart from lighter skin tones. Very consumer friendly; pleasing skin tones across ethnicities and vibrant & punchy elsewhere. Would've made a more social media friendly default than the more uniformly boosted Provia, if Fuji were so inclined.
When Chris said 'Nostalgic Neg' I thought, 'wait-I haven't got that on my X-S10'...oh, it's MF only for now! Looks really good too, wish we had it on the aps-c cameras :-)
Great suggestions, thnx ! What would you use for concert photography? I am new to Fuji and will of course experiment, but it is always good to hear what the master says 😉
I like the Eterna too in my X-S10 , but as I am new with Fuji world I don't understand how to color grade ( If I have to) and which settings are best for video. Thanks for your help
CC is great for the white-and-teal with some ochre color scheme of a sun-drenched Mediterranean landscape in full summer. Not that Chris and Jordan ever have to shoot in such conditions, is it still snowy there?
Eterna for photo can be also pretty interesting option, depends on scene. With my manual lens, I tend to shoot Eterna with color +4 and some wb shifts, and it gives really natural looking greens without crushed shadows as in Provia (I also put s-tone and h-tone on -2, and blacks in Provia even on -2 seems leaning towards crushing all the time, but it depends on lenses).
One thing I wish you guys had mentioned more explicitly: none of the named "film simulations" actually look like the film they're named after, they just work for a similar user case, Fuji themselves admitted that in recent years. As for favourites: Pro Neg Hi and Pro Neg Std are probably the most overlooked color profiles alongside Monochrome, but I love how balanced they are; they don't boost red and blue saturation unnaturally like Provia and Astia do, and are great for skin tones and believable landscapes alike. With increased shadow contrast and decreased highlights and a minor color boost, they both give a similarly filmic texture and tone curve as Classic Chrome and Classic Negative, for a bit more focus on shape and texture than on color, without the ugly twisted colors of those Classic sims. Kinda like properly developed and scanned professional negative film - as the Pro Neg name suggests. Switching between Pro Neg Std for people shots and saturated scenes, and Pro Neg Hi for flat light and scenes that need a slight boost, I get a balanced and consistent palette that seems to avoid the pitfalls of both digital and film, while still providing enough visual bite to be interesting. Regarding color shifts: CC's skies are indeed gross and the skin tones often look rubbery, or with any of the +R -/-B "recipes", lifeless like boiled chicken. And Classic Neg makes highlights pink and shadows green, which is kinda accurate for Superia but gets tiresome quickly. On the OG X100, I was an Astia user through and through (with a minor +R -/-B wb shift), but using it on a more recent Fujifilm camera, the saturation for all other colors than skintones looks a bit excessive to me.
I agree. I assumed from the beginning that ProNegS was going to be #1, lol. I switch between the ProNegs and Eterna depending on the contrast of the scene.
I always shoot Raw+JPEG on my X100T, and almost always apply Provia to the Raw in Lightroom, unless I use Monochrome. Fun to see these two as your top picks!
I’m torn between the X-S10 or the E-4. I don’t know if it’s the lenses used or the film simulation modes but when I look at images from the E-4 , they look so much better in every way that the X-S10. I am on a budget or I would go with the X-T4. I shoot mainly stills of wildflowers, fine art and occasionally street but mainly buildings and oddities. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!!
The simulations are nice and all, but the "killer" feature isn't that you can tweak it? For some time already I noticed that users/fans stopped talking about the simulations and started talking about "recipes". Of course, you can also teak the output on other cameras, but starting from the simulations is a huge advantage to achieve unique looks.
As much as I appreciate the effort that goes into them, 90% seem to be based on CC or CN and then add a +R -/-B white balance shift which just sucks all life out of the skin tones and makes the skies even less believable than with default CC / CN. In all this film simulation craze, the color twisted unnatural look of poorly stored or processed films seem to get much more love than the natural look that just about every film maker out there sought to achieve with imperfect means...
Hello I have a question for the experts / nerds here … the new Fuji 70 - 300 and 18mm - 1.4 have a new LM linear motor. My question is if this two new lenses are working ( supported ) with the older XH-1? Only get they “ only “ full support when u use the new XT-4 and X-S10?
The reason I bought a Fuji film was for this film simulator I cannot believe that the other camera companies are not doing it I think one of the Sony cameras has got it in there as well from my memory the Sony RX 100 had some modes as well but yeah look I think one of the beautiful things about Fuji film is their simulations are actually really accurate to what they used to look like coming from the film days like I did I’m loving the fact that they simulations are beautifully rendered as they were back in the day
I hope they introduce it in an update because i hv been saving tor an XT3 and dont think i can wait a bit the XT4,which probably will have it if it doesn't already
They nailed it: it's the sexy names of the color modes that sell. I use a Canon 5D4 and a Fujifilm X100F. And what is even better than fujis "film simulations" is canons picture profiles. Not the boring ones preinstalled. But they can be created individually in canons pictures style editor. Besides grain you can do almost everything with them and create any colorstyle you want and use them for JPG-photography as well as video. You can even mimic Fujifilms styles, if you prefer to do so. So you don't have to choose Fuji for retro/vintage looking videofootage out of camera. Canon can do that just es well and better - with a little preparation. Fujis cameras and lenses are prettier and smaller though, and I really like the little X100F.
"We teach you about presets, we don't try to sell them to you" - you get a like just for that ;) oh and I'm already subbed lol
"No one knows what magazines are".. gold
@@cankoklu Classic. 😂😂😂😂
Same from me. 😀
This!! Anytime some content creator mentions they’re selling presets I immediately click off the video lol
I was explaining Fuji’s film sims to my wife - Velvia, Astia, Provia, and she said they all sounded like women on Game of Thrones.
I was explaining the other Fuji films to my wife and she said they all sounded like women on the game!!
Sensia, Reala, Superia, Fortia....
Hahaha sounds about right
They all sound like lady parts.
"no classic chrome"
*You have angered the swarm
Yeah, love it! Classic Chrome ist heavily overused. Can‘t see it anymore
My top three recipes from FujiXWeekly right now are Portra 400, Superia 100 and Tri-X 400. So film simulation wise classic chrome, classic neg and acros(but I sometimes switch to monochrome).
Hope they play around with those recipes later.
Classic Chrome is the only reason for me to stay in Fujifilm cameras 😂
The nice thing about Fuji is on many models you can bracket film sims and shoot a single image but have 3 different film sims applied and saved as 3 different images.
Did not know this, about to put it to work. Thanks! :)
Damn didn't know this!!!
Interesting how do you do this?
@@22s22a BRKT among S, CL and CH modes
Wow, that would be handy
I was a photographer at the time that ASTIA was introduced. At that time I was shooting fine art nudes in nature situations . Before ASTIA, I used Provia and was very happy with it. When ASTIA was introduced, The literature said that the AST in ASTIA stood for “accurate skin tones“. I thought I would give it a try and found it to be perfect for the subjects I was shooting. I would still shoot ASTIA for portraits if I was shooting film. I tried the ASTIA mode in my X-Pfo3 and found that it did have some of the traits of the original film stock. But I haven’t been using it because due to COVID-19 I haven’t been photographing very many people.
For color, I always used transparency film. Once I figured out my way of doing things, I started using strictly Fujifilm films. When I switch to digital, a switch to Nikon DSLR’s because I had been a Nikon shooter and had a large inventory of Nikon glass. I still love my old Nikons, but I was overjoyed 10 years ago when Fujifilm came out with their X mount series cameras. I could get that Fujifilm Color look.
Love how the intros keep getting better. You guys have been on a roll recently.
Agree. Not quit as corny as most previous stuff. Things are betting better, but don't quit your day jobs...WHAT! These are is your day jobs?
Well done you Dynamic Duo!
Thats why I'm still carrying around my PenF despite having more modern camera: there is nothing like seeing the final results before even taking the shot.
Thank you, this was very helpful.
As someone who will start a career with photos of eggs under soft window light it gave me the perfect tip.
🤣🤣🤣
ASTIA must be the best simu for summer, and I really like the feel of eterna bleach bypass
I feel you though i prefer cc for summer time!
Agree 100% I use astia all the time.
classic chrome is my fav. and classic negative, too
I'm happy we share the same view on simulations. I shoot monochrome(RAW) because I like the look and I can judge light a lot better. Then if I need colour on them I render them as Provia after. Those are my two absolute fav modes on my Xpro3.
Chris, you nailed it! Monochrome is my fave.... I have started bracketing the sims too and never felt the need to shoot RAW.
Same here. Across with the red filter. LOVE crushing the blacks. I don’t understand how on some B&W simulations the blacks are gray. One suggestion to Fuji they won’t find here. There is a setting where you get three film simulations. Too much. How about giving us a choice(as if we don’t have enough choice already) of selecting two or three film simulations. Been recently shamed for using Fuji vs. Leica. Can’t ever see myself with a camera having a red dot. Maybe I’ll win the lottery or a Leica contest. One is less likely than the other. Love my analog wheels on the top plate, love the look of the bodies, especially the black ones, love the lenses, and of course the simulations. All I want in my next Fuji body is IBIS. Once you’ve tasted it, hard to do without.
Mask on Nurse Marty
The level of dad jokes is how you know Chris and Jordan have aged 🤣
When I’m laughing at the dad jokes, it reminds me that my kids are getting older.
This is why I love watching you guys!
I really enjoyed this little video. Your enthusiasm for just going out and taking some pictures for the hell of it. That's exactly right. I have a Fuji X30. It's not the sensor, or the camera, but it's the attitude of mind. There's a place for serious and a place for enjoyment. Happy snapping, folks...
I shoot RAW+JPG and set it to Pro Neg Hi FFS. Classic Chrome is exciting but Pro Neg Hi gives me a more boring look that I can add my style in my edits, and hopefully wouldn’t feel too cliche when viewed years later.
I find that Pro Neg Hi, with a slight WB shift of -1r -1b generally faithfully reproduces the scene, and produces good off-white colors, under many different lighting situations.
Would've been cool to film this with a Fuji camera with the the simulations on when talking about them.
I love Classic Chrome, such an understated look. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So glad you guys did this video! 👏
Hello thanks for the video can you tell me how to change the simulation when recording in FLOG ? Using x-t4
Just used Eterna shooting a few video courses for work and I don't even need to touch the colours. 😀 With a few adjustments and correct exposure you can get a great look all in camera!
"No classic chrome"
*clicks off video*
Just kidding - but I actually really enjoy the look of CC with the color boosted and the shadows brought down a hair! (Definitely doesn't look the best with default settings)
That was always my feeling with it when I had a Fuji camera. CC was like 90% toward the profile I wanted, it just needed a bit of adjustment.
The Big Negative has a great CC profile at 5:41 in this video too. Definitely worth checking out
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By "brought down" do you mean +1 or 2, or -1 or 2????
Enquiring minds want to know.
Totally agree! I always ignored CC until I realized its potential when tweaked to my liking.
My new favorite recipe is a tweak of a CC recipe from The Big Negative: both chrome effects on strong, grain weak large, auto WB: Red +1 Blue 0, DR400, Highlight -1, Shadow -2, Color +3, Sharpness 0, NR -4, Clarity +1
@@avarmadillo -1 or -2 depending on the scene!
Thank you for this video. I will definitely try Monochrome over Acros on my next outing. I have tended to lean too much on Velvia lately. It's time to be bold and venture onwards to new simulations.
I'm fully agree with you. Those are also my best film simulations
The more you speak about fuji thé more I love you guys 😊👍
Love this content!
Neo pan! Damn it, Chris. I almost forgot about that.
Great informative video ! Its always harder to review the unmeasurable properly, without pouring overwhelming reference material to the audience. Greatly appreciated with your easy to understand, well explained review of the unmeasurable art!
LOL that's why I love the film simulations, room for different taste and styles. Mine are completely different than yours:
1. Astia: travel/indoors. I love the blue tones on this with some chrome blue colors enabled.
2. Classic Chrome: Documentary, people, focus more on action than colors. I use this when I'm invited at an event or for street photog.
3. Velvia: para nature / sunny, punchy. I live in Costa Rica and this is my favorite for sun rise and sunset colors.
4. Acros: B/W love it!! I shoot in B/W for personal projects.
5. Classic Negative: grunge, with hard on shadows, vintage
Mono vs. Acros
The reason to shoot Acros is for the film grain look. Acros differs from Mono because Fujifilm engineers add a grain effect based on ISO. As ISO increases, the grain effect increases. Shoot Acros at 3,200 and you will see that it is "grain" rather than ISO noise and the amount increases/decreases as you change ISO. This is not the same as using the grain settings in the camera.
Shoot Acros and don't be afraid of pushing high ISO to get grain, even in excellent light. Try the Kodak Tri-X400 from FujiXWeekly. I tweak it for my tastes.
Acros (+Y, +R, +G) (I use Green for people)
Dynamic Range: DR200 (you may wish to use DR400)
Highlight: 0 (for more contrast I use +1)
Shadow: +3 (for more contrast I use +4)
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening: +1
Clarity: +4 (note: this settings takes a second for the image to save to SD card)
Grain Effect: Strong, Large (I use off for both because Acros adds grain anyway)
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Off
White Balance: Daylight,+9 Red & -9 Blue
ISO: ISO 1600 - 12800
Exposure Compensation: +1/3 to +1
Ha, I prefer the Monochrome over Acros as well. Appreciated your honest opinions.
I prefer fujixweekly Kodak Tri-X 400 recipe (which uses Acros). The advantage of using Acros over Mono is the grain effect increasing as ISO increases. I use Highlight +1 and Shadow +4 with it.
One of the best starts to a video ever! :D
Very informative as usual. Thank you guys!
you guys are the best!
I used to scoff at Astia too. i used provia and Valvia the most and pro neg hi. Now i like to use Astia and pro Neg standard but totally agree with you on Classic Chrome
I use Nostalgic negative on my 100S most of the time, also love Acros and Classic Chrome.
Loved the video . I agree . The E option looks just great as does the standard BE option . I also like using that option on Olympus cameras , as it requires so little work in processing and the same appears to work on the phone , as colour is far too distracting on occasions . I was watching somebody using a simple film camera with a fixed shutter and aperture . Boy, those shots looked classic and evocative .
It appears modern lenses are way too shape and the bodies have too many megapixels . We need to do more evocative pictures that speak to the soul of us. I think that will be my aim for 2022. What will you guys do to recapture the magic
Thank you for this great video! It was fundamental for my decision to keep my XS-10.
I tend to always shoot in provia, but I also always shoot only raw, then convert it to jpeg in camera. Works flawless for a small batch of photos 👌🏼
how do you do it plz?
Best video on Fuji film simulations. Thank you.
Monochrome in winter is awesome I shoot jpeg because I have not time for post editing no real interest either
Keep up the good work love your videos 👍👍🇦🇺📸📷
Love your vid!!! Thank you.
Classic Chrome by itself is a little eh for me as well, but using it to make the Portra 400 film recipe is fantastic and I use it constantly. Just be sure to change the white balance.
This channel should have 1 million subscribers already
Subscribed xx love your channel
I have a nikon d500. Fujifilm x100f xpro 3 and xt3... love cameras lol
Personally I absolutely love Eterna. I remember watching a Camera Conspiracies video and when I saw the first sequence in Eterna I bought the XT4 based on how amazing it looked to me. Wasn’t particularly looking for another camera at the time and was content using my old 70D, but seeing that Eterna made me really want one.
Eterna 🤮
Your episodes shot in Eterna always look smashing. The best. It must be some other reason that you’re Shooting Panasonic as your main camera?
I love the assist tools, XLR adapter, dynamic range and handling of the Panasonic bodies. However, Eterna has a look I just can't quite duplicate on any other system, and it keeps me coming back to Fujifilm all the time.
@@thatjordandrake hey love your videos keep up the great work. Any chance we could get a video make on how a DPreview video gets made? from start to finish. Thanks :D
@@thatjordandrake Well if you come back to Fujifilm for video it's a testament to how much they've improved over the last years.
I remember i pretended the X-E2 didn't shoot video because the footage was just unbeareable.
From the X-T2 and beyond the individual steps have been mind bogling good.
@@thatjordandrake CINELIKE D2 JORDAN! CINELIKE D2 ON THE S1H AND S5 ABSOLUTELY BANGS!
Just got back from the camera store with a silver X100V. I can't wait to try these out!!!
Love provia, excellent skintones and nice allrounder
Fuji presets and the dials is what drew me to the system and just love it. Monochrome is my number 1 way to shoot, but the other sims are great also... Thanks guys...
Interesting video. I will definitely follow your channel.
I totally agree on what you said about Provia, it's also my first choice of colour profile when shooting JPG
sehr schöne, konkrete Vorstellung mit den Möglichkeiten der Filmsimulations
Amazing work as usual! Mad respect from Berlin ✊
Even though I like Classic Chrome so much to the point that it's pretty much only the film simulation I use, it's only because I can't afford to get an X-Pro 3 yet to use that sweet sweet Classic Neg. 😂
Great work as always! Had me wheezing on the intro joke. 🤣🤣
Chris: no classic chrome that one is gross!
Every Fujifilm User: is typing........ 😂
I'd call Classic chrome highly situational.
Doesn't look great most of the time. But when it works it works.
@@1barnet1 Yep, I call it the decrepit old industrial building mode
From what I've seen, it's the #1 favorite simulation of the internet.
Lol
@@Vinterloft Yeah that works, Also in Belgium there is an abandoned town. Also old trainlines do fine.
@@PolarBlairTech Yeah and that is exactly the problem. It's too often used for stuff that doesn't quiet work.
I load few old film PCC to my Nikon D7200. I love Velvia and Provia.
Hi, how did you do this? I shoot Nikon too and loved Provia and Kodak Portra 160Nc when I used films.
I mean, do yoi do this shooting JPEG or RAW/NEF and then applying somehow a film simulation "recipe" to the RAW?
Thank you in advance!!
@@sebastianorametta2274 Of course, you can use the appropriate presets in your graphics program when calling Raw. There is, however, another easier option in Nikon. You can find many Picture Controls ready for use at nikonpc.com/. You just need to find the one you are interested in, download it to the memory card and install it in the camera. Then, in addition to standard settings such as Vivide or Monochrome, new options appear. Unfortunately, not every Nikon has this option, but everything works perfectly in my D7200.
@@WW-sf4kc thank you! I know PCC, I've owned D300 and now D7500 and I think this should perfectly work, but my concern was how do you make a preset to look very like Fuji or Kodak films. For example, I loved classic neg here in this video. But I guess I'm not so good at manipulating via Nikon PCC to make my preset look like classic neg. And with the rest the same ;)
@@WW-sf4kc ops! Sorry, I haven't opened the link you suggested! That's great!!! Thanks for your tip!
Kind Regards, Sebastiano
What film simulation you recommend for xpro1 for street or portait
New convert form Oly to Fuji - love the film sims. I use film bracketing, and it is har to pick just 3! Especially when you are colur blind!
Wise wise words, Chris!
Coming from a Nikon D810 I always shot RAW, because raw is king, raw always raw, maximum latitude and blablabla, finding myself in many boring situations where I enjoyed the shooting and I just wanted to get my nice pictures looking good straight outta the camera.
Then my GF bought a Nikon Z50 and oh my: I rediscovered the pleasure of just putting the camera into Auto and point-and-shoot or use the creative colors to get some funny results out of family & friends events.
Let's spread some JPEG love!
But the Internet tells you that you should be shooting raw, so it must be true!
Especially owning a D810 I really can't escape that ☹️
Thanks for your comments. I was brought up on monochrome, long before these clever digital cameras existed. It's still my favourite mode.
Loved the video and information. I think "Provia" is nice filter.
Monochrome is my all time fave too! Almost all my shots are done this way. As an old Pratt drop out I grew up on film and love love it!!
The marriage of Velvia and the American West with my Canon A-1 gave me some of my best images and so many memories of the early 90s. Fuji wins the award for color science.
I've been playing with some custom color profiles for my Nikon Z6 - it's absolutely amazing how much more versatile it makes the camera! Loaded it up with 10, and now I find I barely need to tweak anything in post for everyday shots.
Didn't know you can do that with the Z6. Is it the same for Z6II and Z7II? How do the color profiles look vs the Film Sims on Fuji?
@@jsurfin1 I would assume it's the same yep - nikonpc.com/ & download your preferred profiles, put them onto your card, put it in the camera and you can "add" them from the color profile menu.
When I was a film shooter I always bought Velvia 50, not 100 because the 50 iso was a lot more saturated. I shot a lot of Acros 100, and T-Max 100 too. I loved Kodak Techpan too (25 iso) because it was just so fine grained and detailed with a contrast boost. It felt like shooting medium format but in 35mm. I miss the film days. That said, I'd love to experiment with some Classic Neg at this point in my life and maybe shoot some roadside diners and route 66 Americana with it. Could be cool.
As always, thanks for the great content and humour! I never miss, even if it's about a camera that I don't have. Knowledgeable and no-nonsense advice :-)
As always, a superb video / Ulf
Like and Subscribed! Great episode!
Yesss. Monochrome to me looks better than Acros to me too. I think Canon had the best jpeg system since you can make your own jpeg profiles with the camera window. My favourite is Velvia because I'm an amateur newbie who likes to shoot colour. But I'm learning the difference between saturated colour and rich colour. ✌️
Hi, just subscribed, but have been watching your videos with some interest for the last 2 years. Thanks, always a useful perspective and very informative. I've been playing with recipes a lot (on C2 - C7) recently as well as using the "film" presets. That's fun with fuji...
Love to use the different simulations
Peace: **existing**
Chris & Jordan: **this video**
5:30 crying
do vido bout pholosiphy
@5:20
“It’s an E on the dial”
“Oh, I see it”
Your comedic timing as a duo is amazing. Strong exhale of air out of my nose on that one.
Very good review 🎥
The film simulations are one of my favorite things about my X-T4. Good to know that I should use Astia for all of those 'egg in a window' pictures I take
Astia isn't actually soft, apart from some skin tones. It has quite hard contrast and boosted saturation in most colors apart from lighter skin tones. Very consumer friendly; pleasing skin tones across ethnicities and vibrant & punchy elsewhere. Would've made a more social media friendly default than the more uniformly boosted Provia, if Fuji were so inclined.
I hope Fuji brings nostalgic neg to their x trans 4 cameras. A lot of their brand new cameras don’t have it. Bring it to the x100v, xs-10 and xt-4
Oh please on the X-T4. That would be sweet!
When Chris said 'Nostalgic Neg' I thought, 'wait-I haven't got that on my X-S10'...oh, it's MF only for now! Looks really good too, wish we had it on the aps-c cameras :-)
Classic Chrome is all-time #1 for me
Personaly, since i discovered FujiWeekly ´s recipes, i’m in a new world 🤗
nice, thank you for this great video!
Great suggestions, thnx ! What would you use for concert photography? I am new to Fuji and will of course experiment, but it is always good to hear what the master says 😉
I read somewhere that this channel is dead now. Too bad! This was a great video. Very helpful for a beginner like me 🙏🤗
its on peta pixel now
I was really hoping you would touch on custom simulation recipes
I like the Eterna too in my X-S10 , but as I am new with Fuji world I don't understand how to color grade ( If I have to) and which settings are best for video. Thanks for your help
CC is great for the white-and-teal with some ochre color scheme of a sun-drenched Mediterranean landscape in full summer. Not that Chris and Jordan ever have to shoot in such conditions, is it still snowy there?
Please do a video about favorite custom film simulations! Making a custom simulation with custom white balance is the most fun part about Fuji IMO.
Eterna for photo can be also pretty interesting option, depends on scene. With my manual lens, I tend to shoot Eterna with color +4 and some wb shifts, and it gives really natural looking greens without crushed shadows as in Provia (I also put s-tone and h-tone on -2, and blacks in Provia even on -2 seems leaning towards crushing all the time, but it depends on lenses).
helpful suggestion, thanks
One thing I wish you guys had mentioned more explicitly: none of the named "film simulations" actually look like the film they're named after, they just work for a similar user case, Fuji themselves admitted that in recent years.
As for favourites: Pro Neg Hi and Pro Neg Std are probably the most overlooked color profiles alongside Monochrome, but I love how balanced they are; they don't boost red and blue saturation unnaturally like Provia and Astia do, and are great for skin tones and believable landscapes alike. With increased shadow contrast and decreased highlights and a minor color boost, they both give a similarly filmic texture and tone curve as Classic Chrome and Classic Negative, for a bit more focus on shape and texture than on color, without the ugly twisted colors of those Classic sims. Kinda like properly developed and scanned professional negative film - as the Pro Neg name suggests. Switching between Pro Neg Std for people shots and saturated scenes, and Pro Neg Hi for flat light and scenes that need a slight boost, I get a balanced and consistent palette that seems to avoid the pitfalls of both digital and film, while still providing enough visual bite to be interesting.
Regarding color shifts: CC's skies are indeed gross and the skin tones often look rubbery, or with any of the +R -/-B "recipes", lifeless like boiled chicken. And Classic Neg makes highlights pink and shadows green, which is kinda accurate for Superia but gets tiresome quickly.
On the OG X100, I was an Astia user through and through (with a minor +R -/-B wb shift), but using it on a more recent Fujifilm camera, the saturation for all other colors than skintones looks a bit excessive to me.
I agree. I assumed from the beginning that ProNegS was going to be #1, lol. I switch between the ProNegs and Eterna depending on the contrast of the scene.
I always shoot Raw+JPEG on my X100T, and almost always apply Provia to the Raw in Lightroom, unless I use Monochrome. Fun to see these two as your top picks!
Provia in Lightroom? Didn’t know that!
@@andresgonzalezcerda7635Hi Andres … where is Provia in LR ? Cheers Gary
I’m torn between the X-S10 or the E-4. I don’t know if it’s the lenses used or the film simulation modes but when I look at images from the E-4 , they look so much better in every way that the X-S10. I am on a budget or I would go with the X-T4. I shoot mainly stills of wildflowers, fine art and occasionally street but mainly buildings and oddities. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!!
5:46 i always knew i like this channel, but now i know why!
Woohoo! Neopan 1600 pushed one stop was my favourite by far :)
The simulations are nice and all, but the "killer" feature isn't that you can tweak it? For some time already I noticed that users/fans stopped talking about the simulations and started talking about "recipes". Of course, you can also teak the output on other cameras, but starting from the simulations is a huge advantage to achieve unique looks.
and WB too, happily using GR2 finding my own preferred WB + simulation is fun
Would love to see a video of you two playing around with some Fuji X Weekly film recipes!
As much as I appreciate the effort that goes into them, 90% seem to be based on CC or CN and then add a +R -/-B white balance shift which just sucks all life out of the skin tones and makes the skies even less believable than with default CC / CN. In all this film simulation craze, the color twisted unnatural look of poorly stored or processed films seem to get much more love than the natural look that just about every film maker out there sought to achieve with imperfect means...
Hello I have a question for the experts / nerds here … the new Fuji 70 - 300 and 18mm - 1.4 have a new LM linear motor. My question is if this two new lenses are working ( supported ) with the older XH-1? Only get they “ only “ full support when u use the new XT-4 and X-S10?
The reason I bought a Fuji film was for this film simulator I cannot believe that the other camera companies are not doing it I think one of the Sony cameras has got it in there as well from my memory the Sony RX 100 had some modes as well but yeah look I think one of the beautiful things about Fuji film is their simulations are actually really accurate to what they used to look like coming from the film days like I did I’m loving the fact that they simulations are beautifully rendered as they were back in the day
I wish Classic Neg was on my XT3 :'(
+1 ;(
I hope they introduce it in an update because i hv been saving tor an XT3 and dont think i can wait a bit the XT4,which probably will have it if it doesn't already
They nailed it: it's the sexy names of the color modes that sell. I use a Canon 5D4 and a Fujifilm X100F. And what is even better than fujis "film simulations" is canons picture profiles. Not the boring ones preinstalled. But they can be created individually in canons pictures style editor. Besides grain you can do almost everything with them and create any colorstyle you want and use them for JPG-photography as well as video. You can even mimic Fujifilms styles, if you prefer to do so. So you don't have to choose Fuji for retro/vintage looking videofootage out of camera. Canon can do that just es well and better - with a little preparation. Fujis cameras and lenses are prettier and smaller though, and I really like the little X100F.
I do shoot Astia a lot for sea scapes. The muted colours are perfect for shooting at the ocean