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title = "X-Recipe: Golden Brown"
date = "2024-12-15"
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description = "Low Color Film Simulation with a Nostalgic Touch"
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This recipe was created by chance and is based on Ritchie Roesch's [Pushed CineStill 800T] (https://fujixweekly.com/2023/07/22/pushed-cinestill-800t-fujifilm-x-t5-x-trans-v-film-simulation-recipe/). When setting up the recipe in my camera, I swapped the signs of the colour settings for the white balance. Instead of red -9 and blue +5, I set red +9 and blue -5. I didn't notice the mistake, but I was much more impressed by the photos that came out of it. The warm colouring creates a sepia-like character, but still leaves room for other colours. I only realised my mistake weeks later...  

As the recipe is often used in extreme lighting situations, the value for the dynamic range should be adjusted accordingly. 

![Frosty Leaf](frosty-leaf.jpg) Frosty Leaf - A shadow situation on a cold and clear morning (DR100).

![Nebelwerk](nebelwerk.jpg) Nebelwerk - Morning sun through dissolving veils of fog (DR200).

![Sawdust](sawdust.jpg) Sawdust - In the leaf shadow of the summer sun (DR400).

# Settings

Film Simulation: Eterna Bleach Bypass  
Grain Effect: Strong, Large  
Color Chrome Effect: Strong  
Color Chrome FX Blue: Weak  
White Balance: 7700K, +9 Red & -5 Blue  
Dynamic Range: DR400  
Highlight: -0.5  
Shadow: +1.5  
Color: +3  
Sharpness: 0  
High ISO NR: -4  
Clarity: -3  
ISO: Auto, up to ISO 6400  
Sensor: X-Trans V