Kodak Gold 200 v3 — Fujifilm X100VI (X-Trans V) FXW App Patron Early-Access Recipe

Flowers & Field – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI – Kodak Gold 200 v3

I ran across an image in a (pretty interesting) PetaPixel article, and was inspired to create a Film Simulation Recipe. The picture itself sent me down a long rabbit hole; while the photograph in the article served as one of the reference photos, it was far from the only. Actually, I couldn’t closely match that particle picture, but it served as inspiration nonetheless. After sleuthing, I discovered that the image was captured on Kodak Gold 200. But why was it so green? That question is what opened up the rabbit hole.

Kodak Gold 200 is particularly prone to a green cast, and there are a whole bunch of things that can cause it. Underexposure. Heat (such as left in a hot car). Expired. Waiting too long to develop after exposure. Fluorescent lights. Airport scanners. Improper development. Improper storage of negatives prior to scanning. Poor color correction of the scan. Those are the main reasons. That lead me to a trove of Kodak Gold 200 examples that had various levels of green casts.

*Clearance Parking* – Los Angeles, CA – Fujifilm X100VI – Kodak Gold 200 v3

This Kodak Gold 200 v3 Film Simulation Recipe is modeled after some of those Kodak Gold 200 photographs that have a green cast. Quite obviously I couldn’t match all of them, because there was so much variance. For most of the references pictures I’m not sure what exactly caused the cast. This definitely isn’t a “normal” Kodak Gold 200 Recipe; for that, I recommend this, this, or this. But, if you’d like an alternative aesthetic that is perhaps a bit more lomo, this is a fun Recipe to try.

Kodak Gold 200 v3 is an App Patron Early-Access Recipe. If you are a Fuji X Weekly App Patron, you have access to it right now. If not, no worries, as it will eventually be made available to everyone, once it is replaced by a new Early-Access Recipe. As of this writing, it is only compatible with the Fujifilm X100VI and X-T50; however, once Fujifilm brings Reala Ace to the other fifth generation cameras (supposedly this summer), it will be compatible with the X-H2s, X-H2, X-T5, and X-S20, too.

Example photographs, all camera-made JPEGs using this Kodak Gold 200 v3 Film Simulation Recipe on my Fujifilm X100VI:

*Green Girl* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Yellow-Orange Flowers on a Green Bush* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Spring Trumpets* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Village Green Fountain* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Spitting Lion* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Lion Spewing Water* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Lion Fountain* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*No, No* – Scottsdale, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Oleander Parking* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Small Palm Frond* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Red Mustang* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Bumper Stickers* – Surprise, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Red Chair with Flowers* – El Segundo, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*Yellow Flower & Tree Trunk* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Tree Trunk at a Park* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Neighborhood Trees & Partly Cloudy Sky* – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X100VI

*Parking Garage Reflected* – Los Angeles, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*Photo Potential* – Los Angeles, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*Paleta Cart* – Los Angeles, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*Toyota* – Los Angeles, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*First Order TIE Echelon* – Anaheim, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*Millenium Falcon* – Anaheim, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*Pier View* – Manhattan Beach, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

*Wave* – Manhattan Beach, CA – Fujifilm X100VI

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