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

Fujifilm X100V Tokyo Dream Recipe Transforms Scenery: A stunning before-and-after comparison showcases the dramatic enhancement of a traditional Japanese building, using classic chrome settings for a dreamlike effect.

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Three frames from Kyoto in March — a quiet pond in Inokashira, a five-story pagoda cutting into a hard blue sky, and Kinkaku-ji sitting still on the water. All three went through Tokyo Dream, a warm, desaturated Classic Chrome recipe built for golden hour and soft evening light. This is the full write-up: the in-camera Fujifilm JPEG recipe, how to dial it in on an X-series body, and the Lightroom/RAW equivalent if you'd rather work from RAW.

The full before/after carousel for this set is also on Instagram.

Shoot it in-camera: the Fujifilm JPEG recipe

Classic Chrome is the starting point — it's already a little desaturated and punchy on its own, which makes it a good base for a muted, cinematic look. This recipe pulls it further toward warm shadows and a soft highlight roll-off.

Setting	Value	Notes
Film Simulation	Classic Chrome	Desaturated, film-like base with good contrast
Dynamic Range	DR200	Preserves highlight and shadow detail in harder light
Highlight Tone	-1	Softens highlights, gentler roll-off
Shadow Tone	-1	Lifts shadows slightly without going flat
Color	-2	Reduces saturation for the muted, cinematic feel
Sharpness	-2	Softens the image toward a more analog look
Noise Reduction	-4	Minimizes noise while keeping fine detail
Grain Effect	Weak, Small	Subtle film grain, not heavy-handed
Color Chrome Effect	Weak	Deepens color in saturated areas without overdoing it
Color Chrome FX Blue	Weak	Subtly enhances sky gradients — X-Trans 4 bodies and later
White Balance	Auto, R +2 / B -4	Warms the image, slight magenta push for golden hour
ISO	Auto (160–6400)	Adjusts to lighting; keep a floor around ISO 320 so DR200 stays available
Exposure Comp.	-1/3 to -2/3	Slight underexposure deepens color and mood

How to dial this into your X-series body

Menu names below are for the X100V; the same settings exist under similar names on most recent X-series bodies (X-T4/T5, X-Pro3, X-S10/20, X-E4). Color Chrome FX Blue is X-Trans 4-and-later only — skip it on older sensors and the look still holds up fine.

1. IQ menu → Film Simulation → Classic Chrome.

2. IQ menu → D Range → DR200. Note this needs a minimum ISO of 320 (Auto ISO with a DR-Priority setting handles this automatically on newer bodies).

3. IQ menu → Tone Curve → Highlight -1, Shadow -1.

4. IQ menu → Color → -2, then Sharpness → -2, then Noise Reduction → -4.

5. IQ menu → Grain Effect → Weak, Small.

6. IQ menu → Color Chrome Effect → Weak, and Color Chrome FX Blue → Weak (if available).

7. IQ menu → White Balance → Auto (or Auto White Priority), then dial the WB Shift to R: +2, B: -4.

8. Set Exposure Compensation to -1/3 to -2/3 depending on the scene — deeper for bright midday, lighter for overcast.

9. Save the whole thing to a Custom Preset slot (C1–C7) so it's one dial-turn away next time, instead of rebuilding it from the IQ menu each session.

Shooting notes

• DR200 only engages above a minimum ISO (usually 320) — if you're shooting base ISO in flat light, you may not get the full highlight protection unless Auto ISO is handling it.

• This recipe leans toward golden hour and soft, overcast light. In harsh midday sun the shadow lift can look a little muddy — worth dropping Shadow Tone back to 0 in that case.

• Because Color and Sharpness are both pulled down, avoid heavy in-camera crops if you plan to print large — there's less to work with at the pixel level.

• If a scene has a lot of clean blue sky, Color Chrome FX Blue does more work than it looks like on the LCD — it reads better on a calibrated screen than in bright sunlight preview.

If you shoot RAW: the Lightroom equivalent

Same visual target, built from Adobe Color as a neutral base rather than starting from a film simulation.

Shooting RAW and want the shortcut? Download the Tokyo Dream Lightroom preset (.zip, .xmp inside) and drop it straight into your Lightroom presets folder — covers the full RAW recipe below, white balance left as-shot so it works across scenes.

Setting	Value	Notes
Profile	Adobe Color	Neutral starting point
Exposure	-0.30	Matches the slightly underexposed mood
Contrast	+15	Subtle punch
Highlights	-40	Recovers bright areas, softens the roll-off
Shadows	+30	Reveals shadow detail without flattening
Whites	-10	Controls the brightest points
Blacks	+10	Prevents crushed blacks
Temperature	+10	Adds warmth
Tint	+5	Subtle magenta push
Vibrance	-15	Reduces saturation selectively
Saturation	-5	Slight overall reduction
Clarity	+5	Light mid-tone contrast
Dehaze	+5	Improves contrast in hazy air
Vignette	-10	Subtle edge darkening

Tone curve

A gentle S-curve: highlights and lights nudged down slightly, darks and shadows nudged up — the muted, cinematic contrast that carries the whole look.

HSL / Color Mixer

• Red: Hue +5, Saturation -10

• Orange: Hue +5, Saturation -10

• Yellow: Hue -10, Saturation -15

• Green: Hue -10, Saturation -15

• Aqua: Hue +5, Saturation -10

• Blue: Hue +10, Saturation -15, Luminance -5

• Purple: Hue +5, Saturation -10

• Magenta: Hue +5, Saturation -10

Split toning

• Highlights: Hue 50, Saturation 5 (warm yellow/orange)

• Shadows: Hue 220, Saturation 5 (cool blue)

• Balance: 0

Detail

• Sharpening: Amount 40, Radius 1.0, Detail 25, Masking 0

• Noise Reduction: Luminance 10, Detail 50, Contrast 0, Color 25, Color Detail 50, Smoothness 50

Calibration

• Red Primary: Hue +5, Saturation 0

• Green Primary: Hue -5, Saturation 0

• Blue Primary: Hue +5, Saturation 0

The three frames

Inokashira Park pond — still water, late-afternoon light, the kind of scene DR200 and the lifted shadows were built for.

The five-story pagoda — hard blue sky and a graphic silhouette; this is where Color Chrome FX Blue earns its keep.

Kinkaku-ji — the golden pavilion's reflection sitting flat on the water under a hazy sky; the desaturated Classic Chrome base keeps the gold from blowing out into orange.

Getting it right without the settings in front of you

If you're out shooting and can't remember every number: Classic Chrome, DR200, everything pulled down a notch or two (color, sharpness, tone), a small amount of grain, and a slight warm white balance shift. That combination is the whole recipe — the rest is fine-tuning.