Rustbelt: A Fujifilm X100V Film Recipe (In-Camera JPEG + Lightroom/RAW Guide)

Edward Leung

21 hours ago

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Yellow Lisbon tram on cobblestone tracks beside a weathered red building, with Rustbelt and FUJIFILM RECIPE text overlay. — A quaint Lisbon tram glides over cobbled streets, capturing the nostalgic essence of Europe's charming urban landscape with a moody, rust-hued aesthetic.

Split before/after of a vintage red tram on Stone Arcade street, with tracks, old buildings, and a man walking beside it. — Vintage red tram glides gracefully through a stone arcade, captured in a comparison showcasing the effects of the Rustbelt photo edit using a Fujifilm X100V recipe.

Colorful Zurich festival tram on tracks beside an old building under cloudy sky, shown in a before-and-after split view. — Colorful transformation of Zurich's festival tram captured: a before and after comparison using a Fujifilm X100V recipe enhances the vibrant and festive atmosphere.

Split before-and-after photo of a yellow tram on a cobbled street beside weathered red buildings, titled Rustbelt. — Side-by-side comparison of a yellow tram on a cobbled street, showcasing the "Rustbelt" Fujifilm X100V photo editing recipe, with enhanced details and richer tones in the "after" image.

The Look

Rustbelt is a dense, cinematic Fujifilm X100V recipe inspired by a moody transit scene: crushed rust-brown shadows, desaturated teal-green mid-tones, a pale mint sky and just enough warm orange in the lit steel. It works best on iron, stone, rails and cobbled streets.

Fujifilm X100V In-Camera Settings

Eterna supplies the cinematic, low-saturation teal-green base; a Daylight white balance pushed slightly red keeps the shadows rust-brown instead of blue, and a weak FX Blue keeps skies pale mint.

Film Simulation: Eterna
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlight Tone: -1 / Shadow Tone: +2
Color: -1 / Sharpness: 0 / Clarity: +2 / Noise Reduction: -3
Grain Effect: Weak, Large
Color Chrome Effect: Strong / Color Chrome FX Blue: Weak
White Balance: Daylight, R +4, B -4
ISO: Auto (up to 6400) / Exposure Compensation: -1/3 to -2/3

Lightroom / RAW Settings

Profile: Adobe Color / Temperature: As shot / Tint: -6
Exposure -0.20 / Contrast +22 / Highlights -30 / Shadows +8 / Whites -5 / Blacks -6
Vibrance -6 / Saturation -8 / Clarity +10 / Dehaze +6 / Vignette -18

Tone Curve

Points: (0,0) (32,24) (64,52) (128,126) (192,198) (224,228) (255,250) - deep shadows, gently rolled whites.

HSL / Color Mixer

Red: Hue -4, Saturation +2
Orange: Saturation +4, Luminance -4
Yellow: Saturation -18
Green: Hue -20, Saturation -25, Luminance -8
Aqua: Hue +5, Saturation +10
Blue: Hue +10, Saturation -20, Luminance +6
Magenta: Saturation -10

Split Toning

Highlights: Hue 150, Saturation 10 (pale mint)
Shadows: Hue 25, Saturation 20 (rust-brown); Balance -8

Detail and Calibration

Sharpening: Amount 35, Radius 1.0, Detail 25, Masking 20. Noise Reduction: Luminance 15, Detail 50, Color 20
Calibration: Red Primary Hue +4; Green Primary Hue -6, Saturation -8; Blue Primary Hue +8, Saturation -10

White balance is left as-shot in the Lightroom preset; match the camera recipe by adding a slight green tint (-6).