Film Pastel – A Lovely New Film Simulation Recipe
As many of you know by now, I’ll be getting the Fujifilm X-E5—whenever it finally ships! Given the huge number of pre-orders, it might take a while, but I’m happy to wait for this little gem.
One feature I’m especially excited about is the elegant new film simulation dial. For the first time on a Fujifilm camera, it doesn’t just offer quick access to built-in film sims—it also lets you store your custom film simulation recipes directly on the dial. A small detail, but a big usability upgrade for recipe lovers.
So the question now is: which recipes should I save on the dial? And I think I might have potentially found one that deserves a dedicated slot on it.
In fact, I recently stumbled upon a lovely new film simulation recipe shared by Celeste in our massive Fujifilm Film Simulation group (which now counts over 139,000 members!).
The recipe is called “Film Pastel”.
I am dialing into my cameras right now to test it for a few weeks to see if it deserves that valuable recipe spot on my (future) X-E5 film simulation dial.
Now, I know not everybody is on facebook, so I will share the settings and some sample images here on FujiRumors.
Of course they are all courtesy of Celeste Carratta Foto. The images and recipe have been shared in this post and this post, and you can follow him on Instagram here.
- Film Simulation: Classic Chrome
- Grain Effect: off
- Dynamic Range: 200
- White Balance: auto
- White Balance: R 2 B -5
- Highlights: +1
- Shadows: -2
- Color: +3
- Sharpness: +1
- Noise Reduction: -4
And below you can see the results.
- Fujifilm X-E5
BHphoto / Amazon US (black body/kit – silver body/kit) / Adorama / Moment / Nuzira / BestBuy / Paul’s Photo
