Three Fujifilm recipes from Luma, taken apart dial by dial

Luma writes a new camera recipe for each system every morning. The three below are real Fujifilm output from its generator, dated to the day each was written, and they're the same three Luma's landing page at lumaphoto.app shows to visitors who aren't signed in. I haven't changed any values. This post goes through each one setting by setting, says what the settings are doing together, and points out where a value doesn't hold up on a real camera.

There are no sample photos here. Luma pairs each recipe with an AI-generated reference image of the mood it aims for, and the landing page labels those as not having been shot with the settings. For this post the settings are the subject, so I've left the images out.

If a setting's name is new to you, Fujifilm film recipes, explained setting by setting covers each one.

Late Summer Skin Glow (Astia, portrait)

Written 21 September 2026.

• Film simulation: Astia
• Dynamic range: DR200
• White balance: Shade
• Highlight: -1, Shadow: +1
• Color: +2
• Sharpness: -1
• Noise reduction: -2
• Grain effect: Weak
• Color Chrome Effect: Weak, FX Blue: Off
• ISO: 160 to 800
• Exposure compensation: +0.7
• Bodies listed: X-T5, X-T4, X-H2, X-S20, X100VI, GFX 100S

Astia is the portrait choice among the slide films, with saturated colour and gentle contrast on skin. Shade white balance used in daylight warms everything, which is the "late summer" part, and Color +2 adds saturation on top so the warmth reads as golden rather than muddy. Highlight -1 with DR200 keeps a bright background from clipping behind a face, and Shadow +1 stops the soft simulation from going flat. Sharpness -1 and a weak grain take the edge off skin texture, and +0.7 exposure keeps faces bright.

The flaw is the ISO range. DR200 needs at least ISO 320 on the X-T4 and at least 250 on the X-T5, X-H2 and X100VI, so the bottom of that 160 to 800 range can't be used, and the camera will start at the floor instead. The recipe still works, since the range just begins higher than written.

Silver Tide Stillness (Acros, monochrome)

Written 17 September 2026.

• Film simulation: Acros
• Dynamic range: DR200
• White balance: Shade
• Highlight: -2, Shadow: -1
• Color: 0
• Sharpness: 0
• Noise reduction: -2
• Grain effect: Weak
• Color Chrome Effect: Off, FX Blue: Off
• ISO: 400 to 1600
• Exposure compensation: +0.3
• Bodies listed: X-T5, X-T4, X-Pro3, X-E4, X100V, GFX 50S II

This one is built for low-contrast black and white, with soft silver greys over deep blacks. Highlight -2 and Shadow -1 both soften the curve, and DR200 protects the highlights again on top of that, so bright water or sky stays grey with detail instead of going white. ISO 400 and up is a sensible choice for Acros, whose grain looks better at higher sensitivity, and weak added grain sits on top of it.

Three of the values do almost nothing. Color is ignored on monochrome simulations and the camera greys it out, Color Chrome Effect has no colour to work on, and white balance barely changes a black and white file. They're harmless. The recipe doesn't choose a filter either, so it's plain Acros, and on a scene with blue sky the yellow or red filter version would give the sky more weight.

Haze Dream Sequence (Eterna, cinematic)

Written 15 September 2026.

• Film simulation: Eterna
• Dynamic range: DR200
• White balance: Shade
• Highlight: -2, Shadow: +1
• Color: -1
• Sharpness: -2
• Noise reduction: -2
• Grain effect: Weak
• Color Chrome Effect: Weak, FX Blue: Off
• ISO: 800
• Exposure compensation: +0.7
• Bodies listed: X-T5, X-H2S, X-S10, X100VI, GFX 100 II

Eterna is already soft and desaturated, and this recipe pushes it further towards a hazy, dreamlike grade. Highlight -2 with DR200 rolls bright areas off gently, Color -1 drains a little more saturation, and Sharpness -2 softens edges. Shadow +1 is the counterweight, and it's what keeps the result from looking foggy, which is the usual trouble with Eterna recipes. Shade adds warmth to the haze.

Fixed ISO 800 is well above the DR200 floor, and it gives a consistent noise level to go with the grain. The +0.7 exposure brightens the whole frame, which suits the haze but means bright days need watching, since highlights are only protected so far.

What the three have in common

All three use DR200 and Shade white balance, and all three set weak grain without a size. The shared DR200 and Shade are a real pattern. DR200 is the safe middle choice for recipes shot in changing light, and Shade is the most common way to give a recipe a warm base that doesn't drift.

The missing grain size and the absence of a white balance shift come from when these were written. Luma's Fujifilm recipes started carrying grain size, Kelvin white balance and a separate white balance shift in late September, after all three of these. A recipe generated today would state all of them.

Using them

Each recipe can be dialled in by hand from the lists above. In Luma you can enter one in the Recipe Generator with Start from scratch and save it, then show it as a QR code with Apply to camera, or try it on one of your own photos with Advanced Preview before you set up the camera. Advanced Preview is an approximation, and it hasn't been profiled against real camera JPEGs.

For more on the settings these recipes lean on, see Fujifilm film simulations compared, Fujifilm white balance shift and Fujifilm dynamic range and tone curve.

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