thank you in advance :)
saving 7 recipes tonight on new xt5. im new to fuji, throw me ur all star lineups?
DiscussionI think this is great advice and definitely recommend giving this a try for a while. I like the two recipes from thee Big Negative youtube page: one is color and one is BW. Also Reggies Portra for sure
Thanks both! i will try to limit myself. im pretty obsessively methodical so this is a good idea to avoid being overwhelmed
What’s your gfx settings?
Looking for IQ settings, exposure settings? I could share anything, just let me know what you'd like to know.
Ohh sorry. Well I just got a gfx but I’m still learning so I’m interested in everything that can you can share! Would love to learn about what customizations you made to the film sims
Well I have the GFX 100 II. I shoot RAWs to a 1TB cf express and my jpegs to the 512gb SD. I rarely use the RAWs but the simultaneous shooting to each card setting is there so I use it.
As for the film sims, I'm mostly shooting Reggie's Portra and ilford hp5 from fujixweekly. I've made slight tweaks to those recipes, mostly involving contrast. I save my 3 recipes to c1-c3.
I pretty much solely shoot in AF-C with resolution boost mode on. Im set to tracking autofocus. I have hot keys for eye detection on/off, and subject auto focus on/off which I leave on animal mode.
As for exposure, I usually shoot in auto ISO #3 with the upper limit set to 6400. 12800 starts to get a little too noisy for me. My auto ISO #2 is limited at 3200 and #1 limited at 1600. All my custom modes with the film sims are set to manual exposure mode + auto ISO #3
For flash I use the godox tt350F. It's a TTL and is super easy to use.
Not much outside of that! They are amazing cameras
Wow thanks so much for all this info!
I actually also got the 100 ii recently (I LOOOVE THIS THING!). I’ve been a Sony shooter since the original a7 but this cam has been on my side ever since I got it.
What gfx/adapted glass do you have and which do you love?
I have the 55 and the 50. Both of which I love, the 50 size makes it the perfect travel/walk around lens. The 55 is just perfection and what I use when I have an idea of where I’ll be shooting.
Thanks I’ll check those recipes out, I was worried they wouldn’t look good on the 100 ii because I haven’t seen anyone else with the cam use the sims.
I’m currently traveling so I shoot raw plus jpg to my 128gb cf and just download every night with a 512 sd as a back up just in case I run out of space.
I also shoot af-c and actually kept the default top three hotkeys for eyes af/subject/exp comp
One question for the c1/2/3. How do I put it in that mode and also make it aperture prio? Might be a dumb question but I’m new to Fuji!
Also something I use on my Sony was highlight metering, seems there’s not an equivalent on Fuji? Is there a way to decouple eye af with the metering on the eye. I want to save the highlights but also have the eye in focus.
I find iso 12800 very usable so I have that on my iso3 and 6400 for 2 and don’t use iso 1.
Haven’t gotten a flash yet, but was looking at godox, does it require a commander to be off cam? I’m new to flashes but I wanted to get something that works with hss
So I THINK this is how you do it. Set the camera to A mode (aperture), then save the current settings to the Custom dial you want, i.e. C4. C4 should become aperture priority with all the other settings you had in A mode applied. Turn the dial to C4, and now you can set IQ settings and everything else, then save again.
No, that flash requires 2 AA batteries and is just activated by the camera, super easy to use.
I have the 50 3.5 as well, awesome walk around lens. Then I have the 32-64mm as my main work horse. It's as sharp as a prime at every focal length. And then I have the TT artisan 90mm 1.25 for GFX for portraits. I hope to replace this with the 110mm F2 while the Fuji promotion is active. That promotion ends March 31st, that lens is currently $550 off with a ton of other Fuji lenses discounted.
Enjoy that thing, I'm loving mine! I have the dedicated battery Grip for it too and really recommend it for vertical shooting.
Would you mind sharing your velvia recipe? I have the Reggie's portra/ Reggie HP5, a classic neg recipe and looking for a 4th that would be more neutral!
Absolutely. Remember, the GFX sensor will definitely differ from the x trans in color rendering, so it won't be one to one. But, I run the same exact Velvia on my Xpro3 and I think it turns out pretty similar
Grain: weak, large
Color chrome effect: off
Color chrome effect blue: off
Smooth skin effect: off
DR: DR200
DR priority: off
WB: Auto (daylight also works here if you're using for landscape, results are virtually the same)
Tone curve: -1 H, -1.5 S (Velvia has extremely high contrast so reduce strength of both the highlight and shadows, remember negative shadow value is brighter)
Color: +2 (this may be better at 0 or 1 on Xtrans)
Sharpness: +2
High ISO NR: -2
Clarity: 0
The main goal from the base film sim is to increase exposure in the shadows because the base contrast is too high.
This! Had mine before Xmas, went recipe mad and have ended up now shooting in full manual no recipes as I couldn’t find the “one” for what I was shooting
Am about to start introducing recipes again but will put on one
- Chromance for overcast days and urban/street shots
- Vinterskog for moody (nature) photos
- Kodak Ultramax 400 for sunny days
- Reggie's Portra - all around
- Zero Hour for nighttime shots
Interesting some of those aren’t in the weekly app
FujiXWeekly is the main source for recipes, but it's definitely not the only one.
Haven't been to a couple of those websites. Thanks for sharing.
thank you! kodachrome looks awesome
I don't know if this will be an unpopular opinion but if you're gonna shoot in RAW, I left the unnamed preset (the one before C1) as the flattest profile, just Provia with nothing extra. It's so I can kind of an estimate of how the RAW will come out in Lightroom.
My recommendation would be to stay clear from the recipes and focus on the built-in film simulations, they are more than enough.
Also wondering!
Reggies Portra definitely. Pretty much works well on any situation/light. Had a classic look to it, not overly done.
I recomment to go for one BW and and one color
I absolutely love Black & White Infrared and for color especially for night Serr's 500T
In my personal opinion, if you're new to Fuji and have an XT-5, I would recommend saving a single recipe. You could save 2 at most, one color and one black and white. Shoot with those and learn the recipe and how light affects it and what it's strengths and weaknesses are and what about it you want to tweak. In a way recipes are like lenses. If you get a bunch at the start and are constantly switching you're never going to truly learn one. And this is coming from somebody who shoots jpeg only (even on GFX) because I'm partially colorblind and can not color grade.
After shooting Fuji jpegs for over a year now, imo the most versatile recipe is Reggie's Portra. I only have 3 recipes saved to my xpro3 and 100 II: a modified Reggie's Portra, a Velvia recipe, and an ilford hp5 recipe. Reggie's Portra for street, Velvia for landscape, and ilford for portraits.
Download the fujixweekly app, or visit their website and you'll get each recipes data/settings.
Edit: this also helps create consistency in your work. It's nice to look at someone's photos and know who took it. It's nice when your Instagram grid/portfolio has a somewhat universal look/feel. It's like a signature. Limiting the recipes you shoot with to only a couple aids in this