Fujifilm Film Simulation Settings Simplified (Part 1)
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- A short overview video looking at and comparing Fujifilm film simulations! I hope some people may find this helpful.
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Interesting way to explain them.
The true nitty gritty of each film simulation can be found by passing a light source through a prism to create a refracted light spectrum.
If you shoot the "Rainbow" you can see what each simulation does very easily.
Provia plays heavily with shifting colours between red/orange/yellow and creates a lot of teal between green and blue and subdues purple and violet.
Velvia saturates colour by creating a deep S curve in tone curve, it moves blue to be much closer to violet and increases tint deep into magenta to deepen green and blue hues.
Astia despite what fuji says shoots colour naturally, but greatly reduces the tone curve. It mutes reds and greens, but saturates everything else quite a bit, especially blue.
Chrome desaturates all colours apart from blue and orange, and increases the tone curve. Chrome for this reason renders browns very well, as brown hues are made up of the base hues of orange and blue.
Pronegative is the only sim that will not fudge any colours. All fuji sims play with either orange and blue, or red and green and creates a teal colour between green and blue hues. Proneg keeps equal spacing and hue fidelity across the ROYGBIV spectrum. It does introduce a little teal between green and blue hues..and is the only film sim to leave blue/indigo/violet untouched.
Classic Neg, despite belief is the cousin to proneg high, but the blacks are faded and it has an inverted S tone curve, It mutes all cool colours, and saturates reds,oranges and yellows, and increases tint towards magenta
Eterna desaturates all colours, but keeps a completely linear tone curve.
The key to Fuji sims is that they do not create a universal RGB tone curve. Each Film sim makes different tone curves in each of the red, green and blue hues. After that the x-trans sensor array featuring more green pixels renders these curves. It super easy to see what is going on by shooting a rainbow clearly in each of the film sims and then comparing. In some images, you'll see the rainbow only has blue..there is no indigo or violet. The film sim has shifted those hues to just be blue, and you'll notice the yellows between Red and Orange can very very narrow, where yellow has been moved to fill its neighbouring hues. However, whatever sim..you will always see a distinct teal between green and blue where those hues have been moved to render closer to each other.
Hey David! Wow! Thanks for this write up man! Definitely pinning this, much more in depth and a deeper insight into how Sims work. Thankyou so much for explaining!
@@JayRegular It all fell into place for me then I saw a light frequency spectrum going through graduated light. I photo'ed it in each sim so I could see the highlight-midtones-shadows. It is what i love about fuji, but also why I hesitate to recommend them to entry level new photographers. Their sims are beautiful, but super hard to get your head around if you don't have any knowledge on colour channel, contrast levels and hue/saturation/luminescence. Once you understand these, and you know what each film sim does to these values, then you rarely need to shoot RAW anymore, as you know what jpeg setting will nail the shot you're after.
@@lefthandright01 this is a brilliant post and I wish RUclips would permit you to post example pictures of what you stated. I am curious if you have gone to the trouble of using a reference color source and adjusting the variations of *Subtone, Highlight, Color* and *Clarity* with each film simulation. That would be a good way for a photographer to wrap their head around the film simulation and tonal adjustments.
@@brucesmith9144 I shoot food. In this sense, I know what the hues of the food are, and when cycling through film sims, you can see where they change, and contrast adjusts per sim. I did a series of monotone/analogous dishes where the plate etc matched the back drops, but this sort of work really confuses the processor auto function. If I shoot all yellow, and I know my lighting runs at 5600K, the output images will have a kelvin of 4400K where the camera has been deceived. The more you play with fuji colours, the more evident you begin to see what is happening. Each sim makes their own movements, but rarely are they to the standard RGB curve. Each sim has a independent curve in each of the red, green, blue channels, the tint and H.S.L. Even though Astia describes itself as soft colour and contrast, if you point at a clear blue sky, it becomes super blue. It only mutes certain colours and keeps shallow tone curves, but overall it also saturates some colour (Blue) and moves yellow considerably towards orange etc. Time and practice eventually reveal what fuji is doing with their hues and tones. However as stated above, they are very consistent to the film days. They like to shoot a bit cooler, they tend to edge more towards green tint and they will almost always tinker Blue and Orange or Red and Green. Even in their film, superia 400 makes a lot yellows very orange, it deepens blue and almost entirely removes cyan and airs on the green side when under exposured, and magenta when over exposed. Skin tones are very soft until you to get +2 exposure comp, then european skin tones begin to warm up. It is very true to fuji, but a lot to take in if you're new to fuji as a system, as each sim does quite a bit more than its description says.
classic chrome... the blues are more teal and the warmth is a little orange.. i love that
really appreciate that you show samples of the different simulations with the same pictures, makes it so much more apparent how the different simulations look/work! thanks a lot!
Thanks for the feedback! 🙏
For someone with 160ish subscribers, this is amazing quality. I'm very surprised that you don't have more subs!
Thanks! I try to make each video to the best that I can
This was great. So very helpful to show side by side of the same image with a different film simulation
thanks for this vid, love how clean your editing is with the side by side comparisons of the simulations, very helpful!
Thankyou for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I have seen lots of Fujifilm videos. This is by far the most useful of them all.
Nicely done... Keep doing what you're doing, I can feel this channel is going to become huge. 👍👍
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Realy enjoyed the informative video , subbed and keep em coming please 🙏
I'm new to FujiFilm system and thanks for sharing
Great vid!
This is an outstanding overview; thank you!
This is brilliant, thank you ever so much.
Thank you for the simple explanation. Love the balance between your voice and the music, I feel most times people have background music it's too loud; but this was quite pleasant.
Haha I get you man. Thanks for the feedback!
One of the best reviewers
Good job, been searching for this type of comparison!👍
Thanks mate, glad you found it useful 👍
Thanks Jay for your informative and interesting videos. I recently bought x100v and learnt good tips and tricks to use this camera thru your vdo’s.
Thankyou Tarun, glad you like!
Thank you for the helpful video! Wow, you’ve now got over 3,000! Congrats!
Thankyou very much! And yes it seems like I do! 😊
love your channel and gonna learn a lot from you. the way you explain it is so wonderfull and your voice is helping in that ;) thank you so much Jay
Thankyou for watching! 🙏 Glad you found it helpful
Keep it up Jay!.. your video is awesome. I will definitely subs❤️
Thankyou for the kind words Eko! And thankyou for the support!
its simple and clear, thank you~
i've been using Xpro-1 and XE-1 up until this week when i bought an X100T ,so always defaulted to Provia and monochrome with red filter. However i've been trying out Classic Chrome and at first was sceptical but now am getting more and more used to the way it renders colours. Great video keep it up!
Thanks Philip! I also used to shoot provia for when I just need RAWs and acros +red filter for in camera jpegs, now Classic Chrome is my default, but I'm experimenting more with Pro negative and Eterna
Just got X-t20 and found this video very helpful thanks alot
Thank you! exactly what i needed
I liked this video a lot. Subscribed!
Thx for sharing Jay
Jay, thank you for a very well explained Fuji film simulation. You speak clearly & described succinctly of each simulation & its best application. You do have a good voice for recording, also. I used all the simulation based upon what I’m 📸. I also add or subtract values to give it added contrast or chiaroscuro, for example. I urge Fuji users to experiment & get addicted to the Fuji system. I have 5 Fuji 📷: X-M1, 2X-Pro1(very film like quality), X-E3 & X-Pro3 😅. I used them all for different 📸 experiences. The X-Pro 3, however, gives me the most rich, detailed, sharp quality & contrast than all others. I also have wide range of lenses to mix & match for even wider range of results. It’s all therapeutic & , of all, fun. ✌🏼
thankyou Dennis for the wonderful feedback! You have a very nice assortment of Fuji cameras! Yes the 2nd and 3rd generation X-Trans sensors had some really lovely colour renderings that the current generation sensor doesn't have.
This is so helpful. Thank you so much! I subscribed :)
Thanks for the support!
Great job no bs just great info!
Great video! Thanks!👍👌🙋♂️
Great video mate good job❤
Awesome video. Classic Chrome and Across Rocks
hello Jay, i was a real nikon fan untill i recently got a x100v. now that i am new to the fuji system i have to say i really was helped watching some of your videos. so many thanks and greetings from Belgium. Erwin.
Thanks Erwin, always nice to see new satisfied users of the fujifilm system! and I am glad my videos have helped, cheers!
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 thank you for sharing this... very helpful...
Thankyou very much!
extremely helpful, thanks!
Great visuals, nice sounding narration. Good Job!
Thankyou Michael!
Thanks for this video! ❤❤❤
Just switched to Fuji from Sony. This series is the truth. Your way of explaining was perfect . Thank you
Thanks mate!
Great video! I'm colorblind. I have a red-green deficiency therefore my confidence in color grading is very low. What I do is set my camera to Classic Chrome and just adjust the tone curves in post. No need for presets.👍
Recently bought the x100v. I put the film sim on the back dial and change them shooting with one hand. The camera is just incredible that way! I like classic negativ a lot. You can shoot with it in bright sun light and I love the colors of it! Didn't test the other sims a lot so far.
Glad you like the film sims! It's a big reason why a lot of us Fuji users love the system so much 😁 and great setup with the film sim on the back dial! Quickest way to change 👍
Keep it up, my dude. This was a great video. Idk about the channel blowing up with subs, but I'll subscribe. This is quality content.
Haha yeh I don't see my channel blowing up, I just want to share my love for photography and cameras with a like-minded crowd, thanks for the support mate!
Aye don't mention it fam. I decided to buy a Fujifilm myself after I saw this. Gonna be my first camera. If you could convince me, I'm pretty sure the channel's gonna blow up pretty soon haha. Best of luck man.
@@sadmanshakib7646 I'm very humbled by this mate, I'll try and make more videos covering this fantastic camera!
thank you very much Jay
Great video, just picked up x30 gonna try classic chrome when I shoot
Being mainly a NIkon shooter, I just bought a X100v and this was really helpful! Great camera!
Thanks Ed! Congratulations on your new purchase!
New to Fuji System. Thank you for this video
Thank you Jay!! 🙏👌
Brilliant vid 👌🏽 been waiting for someone to show pictures with simulation differences
Thanks! Yeh I wished someone made one 3 years ago so I would have known about the feature on my X-T2 haha
There are actually quite a few, but I do enjoy the presentation here.
Very good video which compare side by side film simulation option. I'm canon user for years & this film simulation with Fuji unique color is what make me wanna invest on Fujifilm
Thankyou and good choice! 🤣
Thanks, Jay. The Acros is really great as I'm experimenting with black and white.
Yes, acros is a great bw film simulation, just has a bit more character than monochrome
I'm new to the Fuji system, still beginning with the film simulations... Thanks in advance for this one!
Thanks Ricardo! Hope this video will serve you well!
I've had my X-T30 for a few months now, and I've been looking for a good explanation on the Film Simulations. (Since I keep sticking with Eterna) Thanks man! :D
Glad you enjoyed it! You're welcome
Great video. Thanks.
I am new to Fuji systems. Thanks for this useful video.
You're welcome Ramesh👍
Very good job! Thanks a lot!
Thankyou Santiago! much appreciated
good stuff here bro
Just discovered Acros having just bought the X100V. Thank you.
It's a fantastic film simulation, one of my favourites!
Amazing video for a beginner like me
Superduper!!!!
Great overview. I'm considering to buy a Fuji X-T3 by the end of the year or at the beginning of the new year to take always with me, I think I'd like a lot this film simulations without the need of post processing. Sometimes I just want to have fun without importing photos in lightroom and edit them, this seems a good way.
For a lot of fujifilm users, the film simulations is one of the top reasons to buy this brand. The color rendition might not be true to life, but it has a lot of film inspired looks that would take a long time to replicate in photo editing software.
@@JayRegular The color rendition is also different from real life colors also when shooting on different film stocks, so the camera does a nice job, for what I can see in the videos. I shoot also analog cameras and I like the analog approach of Fujifilm.
I have a Fuji X-Pro 3 and definitely, I prefer the Classic Chrome. It work so good in the streets. But I still haven't tested shooting in .jpg. Thanks for the video.
I love the classic neg look.
That was a good and well needed comparison. Thanks for making it. BTW were some of those shots from Hà Nội? It's a place I've been many times (I lived in Đà Nẵng for a couple of years) and it's my favorite city in the world. Classic architecture, great nightlife and the best food in the world. I captured some great images from there with my X100T and X-T1.
Thanks Brian! And no not from da nang, even though that place is also very amazing. It was taken in Saigon
Film simulations in GFX 100s are astonishing for photos, as well as videos
Great videos. Hope you get around to the Auto ISO!
Working on it!
Thanks
Thank You Jay for this video, i am so curious about the Fuji's film simulation before and i definitely will buy the camera in the future.
When you do, let me know 👍 it will be a great experience
This is amazing explanation. I’ve been looking for this video. Do these film simulation available for all fuji cameras?
No, some are not available on the older models
What’s the model of camera shown in the last part of the video? And thanks for this since I’m new with the system. :)
When I started using Fuji, I was big on Velvia. In part because I used it in my films days. But now I prefer to start with Provia and tweak the exposure and saturation a bit in post. I find Velvia tends to flatten some colors too much and we loose fine color nuances… I do use Astia sometimes. Acros only for IR photography, works really well. The beauty of all those film simulations is that very little post is needed. I’m still a raw shooter though…
sounds pretty good, I can attest to Velvia being a little too oversaturated at times, I tend to reduce the color a bit in camera and tweak the tone curve and clarity to get a little bit more out of it. I've yet to try IR photography, but it sounds pretty interesting!
@@JayRegular I converted an older X-T2 body to full spectrum. Using Mamiya 645 lenses (and sometimes an IR filter) produces interesting results. But black and white seems more appropriate somehow… At least for now…
@@sphaera3809 if you don't mind my asking, how much did it cost for the conversion and where did you get it done?
@@JayRegular I used Lifepixel for the conversion. Total cost was $295.25
great video - can you share the procedure from your mEnu to use 3 simulations at the same time - thanks again.
I am not quite sure what you mean by this, you technically cannot use 3 simulations at the same time
@@JayRegular yeah sure I have done it in the pass and it is simply awesome- I am using a GFX camera so that is maybe the reason.
Silkypix Developer Studio Pro 10 is the best software to edit Fujifilm.
Because, they are the company that created the Fujifilm X Converter. Also the company behind Nikon, Panasonic, Pantex raw converter.
Highly recommended.
Will have a look at it, cheers
Great video. One question which I am unable to find answers anywhere.
Can one use fujifilm recipes for video shooting?
technically, you cannot use fujifilm recipes for shooting. it requires you to go into the video mode and set the recipe, you can't select it from a custom slot. Unless you own an X-S10 which can technically record from a recipe
Have a x100v since a few days now and fiddling with all the possibilities. This video helped but I'd loved to see the simulations shown more congruent. One simulation compared with severa others I mean and not just randomly cpmparing two simulations.
More time to watch and to produce but maybe more helpfull?
But still I enjoyed watching
Thanks for that! I get what you mean, I may revisit this again, but I think what I might do is just put out a image chart that has all the simulations compared to provia, that way it's easier to just get a visual comparison rather than a long and lengthy video
I'm not a Fuji shooter, but I still found this informative and interesting.
Thankyou! What camera do you shoot with?
@@JayRegular Recently, a D7500 and Z50.
@Pantheragem both really solid Nikon DX cameras! 👍
@@JayRegular looking forward to get out shooting again. You have a new subscriber. Take care!
I gave you a thumbs up, but it's still as clear as mud.... you say Acros is better than monochrome... but I couldn't see any difference in the 2 files on screen at 1080p
why when i have any custom sim selected... and try to change to one of Fuji's preloaded it doesn't really change but it sort of combines the costume one i had selected and the one i tried to change it
If you are changing the sim from the menu while you have a custom sim selected, it w one change the extra IQ settings that came with the custom sim. You need to have a custom sim that has all the IQ settings on default.
Classic chrome is my favorite. However, I use all of them.
It is also my favourite too, although I'm starting to experiment with other simulations more just to change things up 😃
Thanks for the info… I will be upset if my camera doesn’t have Acros
Hey Jay ....Iam going to get a fujifilm xs10 , was wondering if we can shoot film simulations in full auto mode
In full auto mode I think the film simulation is fixed on either Provia or Astia I can't remember which
Can we use film simulation mode when we use auto mode, xt30
Sorry I don't own an xt30 so I am not sure, but I assume you can
i have created my own called Polaroid look the Leica look and other on my fuji gfx and saved in the user menu as the name i call the film simulation
Hi great overview, :) I’m finding my film Sims look muted almost like flog raw on other hand looks as seen by eye. I took some test shots of cherry tree today and in raw cherry’s where red, shooting STD and reds where like a faded red. It seemed fine when I first got camera right up to when I tried custom settings. Switching back to factory default has not changed anything. Only option I can see is to shoot raw any idea what has caused this as I’m not seeing that famous Fuji colour science right now though like I said it was fine till I went to custom setup.
Hi Ken, that's an interesting situation you got. I tried to replicate on my camera and couldn't get it to look anywhere near f-log flat. Check in custom settings you have white balance set to auto with all values 0, shadows and highlights set to 0, dynamic range set to 100% and/or dynamic range priority set to off, and color set to 0. I know you said you reset the camera but have a look anyways. Otherwise I would recommend calling Fujifilm technical support and having them diagnose the issue.
@@JayRegular thanks for your time will give this a try.
Hi , I was playing around with my tx20, for some reason I lost all different settings on my film simulation , how do I gain it back
Did you remember to save your settings before you exited out of the IQ settings menu? If you didn't you need to set your settings again and make sure to save it to a custom slot before exiting
Thx sports I use Cc
Nice. The only problem with Classic Chrome is that it's so popular and ubiquitous!
Shhh... Classic negative is still indie, keep it a secret 🤫
I tried saving en using recipes but it seems like it’s not working. I keep clicking on the “installed” film simulation by the Q button but nothing happens when clicking on it. My photo’s are still the same. And I don’t get the option for saving the recipe either after applying als the settings. I see that there is een page 3 when I’m on page 2/3 but I can’t get to the 3/3. I can’t even explain it here… so frustrating. Really don’t know what to do anymore. I hope someone knows what I mean.
How much film simulations are in the fuji xt2, and how much on the xt30 im wondering beetween those cameras
There are more film simulations on the xt-30 i think
I got an X-T1 when it first came out and promptly ditched my Nikon 850 for travel. Now, I'm shooting the new X-T4, which is crazy good. Having spent most of my professional life as a photographer and film editor in Hollywood, I simply can't wrap my head around shooting JPEGs. I get that files are smaller, but, when you compare the latitude you get with Raw files vs. JPEG, there is no comparison. I prefer to start out with the highest quality files as opposed to compressed files with fewer options. I've been shooting professionally for more than 30 years and can 'develop' with my own techniques and formulas. One of the things I've learned over the years is there is no 'right' or 'wrong'...it's all about what works for you and how the final images come out. But, I'm curious why anyone would shoot with the presets?
For a lot of people who aren't professionals, and don't know how to post process their images, having the option of just choosing a film simulation and producing a pleasing image to quickly export and post onto Facebook or other social media platforms is good enough for them. For enthusiasts like me or maybe working professionals like you, the film simulations are more an accessory. You can just have it on provia standard and shoot raw, but I find that selecting a film simulation and making some adjustments in camera and actually seeing the effect through the viewfinder makes you see the scene differently. At least that's what I use it for.
@@JayRegular Thanks Jay. I mostly check my images while I'm shooting by looking at composition, focus, and histogram. Color tonality at that point is inconsequential...but, I guess I could see shooting with simulations if you want to get stuff on the web quickly. I just want to be prepared in case I capture a killer image that's a potential money maker.
@@GoodLifeInSpain 100% i agree with you, I would hate to capture a great shot only to find out it was only in JPEG! Oh another reason to shoot JPEG + raw for Fuji is so that I can have a preview thumbnail when I view it on my computer. RAF files don't have preview thumbnails unless i import them into my editing software.
Hi there Guys, Fuji's that have 2card slots(XT & PRO Series only) allow for individual IQ choices eg:- Shoot with RAW in slot1& shoot with JPEG in slot2 for example..
Cheerz fum AU ;^D
Some of us enjoy post processing others don’t, I must admit I’m leaning towards bracketed film simulations (Provia, Classic Chrome and Astia) with the RAW file going to the other card slot - guess I like to keep my options open 😂
Do you create custom profiles or just switch between different film simulations directly?
I have my own set of custom profiles I use frequently, but if I am simply experimenting, I would just access the film simulation directly
pro neg hi is my favourite fs after astia, then lastly is mono+yellow. i dont want my images looks like most people images, bcs they all using classic chrome
Can u change it later after shooting ?
Yes, if you select RAW file format, you are able to change the settings and save out as many iterations of jpegs as you wish
Hi, I am new w Fuji system and I am having trouble 😢
I'm new with Fujifilm. Can I set the simulation that I like for the whole time of shooting? 😊 thanks!
Once you have a film simulation recipe saved to a custom slot, you can access it and it will stay as the default
@@JayRegular thank you so much Jay. :)
Hey! Something I noticed is that you have your image size set to S 16:9. What is your reason for keeping it set to that? Isnt the quality of the photo lower?
It may be at the time, I had it set to that because of prior experimentation. It doesn't make the quality of the image lower, it just crops the native 3:2 aspect ratio. Either way, it doesn't really affect the look of the film simulations 😉
JayRegular I see, thank you for the explanation
Classic Chrome & Across 📸
thanks for your video.
this is in VietNam right? :)
Correct! Love Vietnam ❤️
What Fujifilm camera is this that your using the exact model
I am using the the Fujifilm X100V in silver
I almost always bracket in classic chrome and acros.
I can't get onboard with Velvia. I don't mind the overly saturated colours I get from my Nikon, but on my X100V, I find it doesn't look very pleasing at all
Velvia by itself is pretty intense, but with a bit of tweaking in the extra settings it can be more pleasing
Hey are these simulations on the x100f? I’m thinking of buying the x100f.
I think it has most of the film simulations, I'm not sure if it has classic negative as that is a rather new film simulation
@@JayRegular Ok thank you 🙏🏽
No Eterna Bleach Bypass?
Unfortunately no, at the time of recording, I did not have access to this film simulation