Does the Fuji x100v ACTUALLY look like film??

Testing out the Fujifilm x100v and its amazing film simulations to seeing if it can replace the need for film...

Sunday Stroll Episode Twenty-Eight

#film #filmphotography #shootfilm #x100v #fujifilm #leicam6 #35mmfilm #portra400 #lomography #filmsimulation

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Film Camera’s used in this Episode: Leica m6 w/ voightlander 35mm 1.4 & Fujifilm x100v
FIlm used in this episode: Portra 400, Lomo 800 & Acros 100 II
Digital Camera Set up used in this Episode: Sony FX3 & Rode wireless Go mics
Film Scanned with a Sony a9-90mm & Converted with Negative Lab Pro - Lightroom
Music Provided by Musicbed

Thanks for watching!

[benrandle]

The shots of the drummer in the street really highlight the differences between the two. This is the most honest review of the X100V I’ve seen, everyone else makes it sound like the film simulations are spot on right out of the box

[AlanMarcos-jnfj]

I love that you still count down 3...2...1 for static, non-human subjects. 😄

[wonderfulworldofty]

For Portra 400 - change the following recipe settings:

Colour Temp: Daylight with R +4 and Blue -6
DR: DR400 (with need to shoot at ISO 640 and over, but the x100V can handle it)
Highlights: -2

Did heaps of trial and error with FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO and found this warms it just a little and brings back the highlights

[RustyNotesTV]

A couple of things you could have done.
1) bring in the raw image from your Fuji into Fuji RAW X Studio, and make your own film recipe. Have the RAW file, and the film photo version side by side, tweak the settings in Fuji RAW X Studio and save that as a custom preset.
2) For the sharpness... use vintage glass on your Fuji. I bought a Leica M to Fuji X adapter, and use my Leica Summericon lenses on my Fuji X-T5. That combined with turning down the clarity and sharpness setting in the Fuji film recipe gives you that smoothness you're looking for.

It just seems like you focused on the colors, in post. Which is totally fine.. but you could tweak the settings in your Fujifilm camera, use vintage lenses and get way better results than you did here.

Thanks for a great video though!

[charlottesimss]

One thing I've found is Fuji jpegs change drastically with exposure comp. It seems like yours may have used that +2/3 bump and a lil more tweaking in camera. Fuji X Raw Studio lets you tweak and create presets so you can find your version of film stocks yourself and save them. And mist-style filters are AMAZING for creating a softer more analog feel. Lots of folks keep a 1/8 promist on their Fujis permanently.

[jpm]

The "softness" in the Across 100 II is the interpolation of the scanner. Across' resolution if exposed, developed, and scanned properly is at least twice that of the 26MPs of the Fuji x100v.

[achookangaroo]

Using a promist or cinebloom filter on the x100v would likely get that light bloom and softness that you're looking for.

[chirantha]

I'd say most of that sharpness issue in digital will be fixed by adding an 1/8 or 1/4 pro mist filter. Nice comparison vid man!

[Lockhardt_Media]

You would definitely need something like a pro-mist/ glimmer glass filter to replicate the melding of the night time highlights and the lifting of the shadows

[Lonnie.G]

I appreciate the amount of effort that went into this video. Brilliant execution.

[afrenchfryeinparis]

I tend not to leave Youtube comments but I just have to thank you for this, it helped me greatly as a Fuji user obsessed with the differences between these two mediums. You really nailed the process here & it was presented in the perfect way. 👍 Definitely subbing and would love to see more comparisons with other Fuji simulations. Cheers!

[shanewarephoto]

I think with some tweaks the Fuji is a great middle ground between the ease of use and cost of digital and the "experience" of shooting/editing film. Once you dial in the look with the simulations it's very easy to take the entire editing workflow out of the equation and just go shoot, which is what a lot of people strive for in film to begin with.

You may want to try a very subtle diffusion filter on the X100V, as that will help bring back some of that softness you wanted out of the digital files.

[ryejack]

Great comparison video. I've seen a lot of comment online, when comparing digital vs film, that will say something like "there's virtually no difference". There absolutely is a difference, in the shooting experience, the approach, and the end result of the photo. You perfectly illustrate why I like to jump back and forth between digital and film. I love my X100V and take it with me all the time, but there is just something about shooting film that I greatly enjoy and hope to never stop doing.

[JoeLopez]

I like this experiment. Have you considered doing this with a Fujifilm X-E4 instead? Same sensor etc. as the X100V but using an adapter and using the same Voightlander 35mm 1.4 that you use on the M6?

[nickromney]

Great video. Learned a lot about how to tell the difference between film and digital

[kaimai]

Love the Fuji. Appreciate your video. I feel this is the first real comparison I watched in a long time. Also love my Nikon F3.

[MikeChudley]

Really enjoying your videos recently! Thanks man!

[hfinally]

that moving old car shot in front of the sign is perfect, what a good timing

[AardvarkAdventure]

Would love to see you tweak the Portra recipe and see how close you can really get. It seems like some white balance adjustments and maybe dropping the highlights -1 would help?

(This is the best comparison I've seen, btw)

[SamHolland]

This was an awesome video! Great to see the comparisons! :D