Eterna ’79
This is a Fujifilm recipe for those who love the cinematic and the organic, where texture and light take the lead.
I built this for my Fujifilm X100VI, aiming to recreate the soft contrast, muted tones, and subtle grain of late 1970s cinema. I started with Eterna/Cinema as the base and tuned it until it felt tactile and imperfect, grainy, natural, and grounded, like film that’s lived a little. The name Eterna ’79 is a nod to the look of that era, when films like Kramer vs Kramer and Days of Heaven defined a more organic and realistic visual style that was full of texture and emotion. I wanted this recipe to capture that timeless cinematic feeling while still being versatile for everyday shooting.
This recipe was designed on an X-Trans V sensor and should translate well to other cameras using the same generation, such as the X-T5. As always, for older Fujifilm models, just dial in the closest settings and adjust tone and colour to taste, the magic lies in the texture and light.
Settings:
- Film Simulation: Eterna/Cinema
- Grain: Strong, Large
- Chrome Effect: Strong
- FX Blue: Weak
- White Balance: Auto (R: 0, B: 0)
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- DR Priority: Off
- Tone Curve: Highlights +3.5, Shadows +2.5
- Color: +3
- Sharpness: +1
- High ISO NR: -4
- Clarity: +3
