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I don't know about that, but thanks! The fact you still remember them has made my day!
@Raymond Lin also brought back some belters.
I'm a moderately experienced enthusiast that recently decided to try the Fujifilm experience. I come from both Sony and Olympus kits. I bought a used x-t30ii to see if I can learn to use the film simulations to shoot SOOC jpegs. My PP skills are less than exemplary and I'm not particularly motivated to spend a lot of time refining them in the near future.
I'll be going on a 14 night cruise around Japan this spring with my fabulous wife. We're hitting all the standard cities and sites. Mostly city tours, temples, gardens and walking the streets.
Hoping to get some help figuring out 2-3 film simulations (other than Provia) to try and what situations would be best for each. I've narrowed the field to 5 but can't seem to knock off the last 2 or 3.
> Acros
> Classic Chrome
> Classic Negative
> Nostalgic Negative
> Reala Ace
Your sage advise would be most appreciated.
It's important to understand the difference between simulations and recipes. Simulations are just a base - You'd know them as creative looks on Sony. Recipes on the other hand, are a list of settings that include the simulation, white balance, shadow/highlights, grain, clarity etc.
You can find a bunch of good recipes with example photos on
https://fujixweekly.com/recipes/
As it happens I've sold my Fuji gear and gone to Sony, so I can't reference my settings, but from memory I believe most of my shots were taken with the following settings -
Classic Chrome
Dynamic Range: Auto
Highlight: 0
Shadow: -1
Color: -1
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpness: -1
Clarity: 0
Grain Effect: Off
Color Chrome Effect: Weak
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Weak
White Balance: Auto (or Daylight), +2 Red & -2 Blue
It's a good all-rounder, isn't overly stylised but slightly warm . I'd occasionally switch up the simulation to Provia for a more neutral look (this might be better in spring on blue sky days), or change to Classic Neg in post (It wasn't available on my X-T3 so I had to do it in post) for a more vintage look. Most of my Japan shots were Classic Chrome or Classic Neg based.
I never really found a way to enjoy Nostalgic Neg or Reala Ace, but everyone is different.
For black and white, I'd go pretty much default Acros - I think I set grain small/weak. I'd often tweak shadows on the fly depending on the scene - If I had problems with contrast/dynamic range I'd typically use exposure comp to get the highlights in check, then adjust the shadows depending on what was needed - more contrast I'd go +1 shadow, less contrast -1 shadow, that was normally enough.
If I was after the high contrast black sky look, I'd switch to Acros + R.
JPG's are great and all, but I would very much recommend shooting RAW and JPG. It's hard to argue a case against it when you consider what it gives you - the ability to radically change the style or reprocess in a few years if/when your skills have improved or your tastes change, it's a form of backup (set Raw to one card, JPG to the other), and offers more recovery for high dynamic range scenes/messed up exposures etc.
Also take plenty of storage. I took an SD adapter and external SSD, and had to offload my 64GB cards several times during my 19 day trip.
I hope you enjoy your trip as much as I did. It's an incredible place!
