


Since I started shooting JPEG on my Fujifilm cameras back in 2018, the popularity of film simulations and Fujifilm’s JPEGs has increased massively. Huge communities have been built around sharing and creating recipes to emulate film or just take advantage of those beautiful Fuji colours.
Whilst I’ve switched between Astia and Classic Chrome as my favourite colour simulation, there’s only ever been one simulation for black and white and that is Fujifilm’s Acros.
I’ve always had a thing for black and white photography. It has a timeless beauty to it and, for some reason, it pushes me to focus even harder on light on composition. Fujifilm’s Acros is legendary. One question some have is, if you love it that much, why not just shoot film and use the actual Acros rather than Fujifilm’s digital version of it. Well, why would I? I don’t really shoot film at all and Fujifilm give us the best of both worlds here; the look of film all wrapped up nicely in a modern digital image.
There are no doubt many articles and YouTube videos these days about the Fujifilm Acros simulation but I want to show you just what the JPEGs look like in real world scenarios. I use one recipe these days for my black and white photography, Acros Punch, and I use it for travel photography, daily shots and even weddings.
I’m currently working on a series of posts that document cities in beautiful black and white. At the moment, I’ve covered Melbourne, Manchester and London but there’s plenty more to come.
Examples of the Acros film simulation are littered across this blog; take a look around, it’s always being used!
‘Acros Punch’ Recipe
DR 200
FS Acros Yellow
Grain Off
WB Auto
Highlight +3
Shadows +4
Sharpness +2
Noise Reduction -4
I’ve set up a JPEG import that I apply across all of my straight out of camera JPEGs which is simply +10 Contrast, +15 Clarity, a slight S Curve and -5 Vignette.
For those using Lightroom and shooting RAW, try this which I’ve tried to match. It’s not a perfect match, I’ve found it almost impossible to match what comes out of the Fujifilm cameras, specifically Acros, in Lightroom but this works for me:
Contrast +35
Highlights +40
Shadows -45
Whites +32
Blacks -50
Clarity +40
Slight S Curve
Sharpening 65, Detail 10, Masking 30
Now you’ve got the details, it’s time to see Fujifilm’s Acros simulation in the real world. These photos are all taken with either the X-T2 or the X100F and I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do!
Fujifilm’s Acros Simulation In The Real World








































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Awesome. More like this please
Thank you! If there’s something in particular that you’d like to see just let me know!
Awesome. More like this please
Thank you! If there’s something in particular that you’d like to see just let me know!
Outstanding imagery.I love the image of the guitarist and the woman standing in front of the waterfall.I am attempting to create a lightroom preset from your recommended settings but I don’t understand what you meany by “Slight S Curve”.
Thank you! Really appreciate it!If you go to the tone curve panel and first drag a point down slightly at the lower third and then one slightly up at the higher third creating an S shape!
Outstanding imagery.I love the image of the guitarist and the woman standing in front of the waterfall.I am attempting to create a lightroom preset from your recommended settings but I don’t understand what you meany by “Slight S Curve”.
Thank you! Really appreciate it!If you go to the tone curve panel and first drag a point down slightly at the lower third and then one slightly up at the higher third creating an S shape!
Thank you, Jamie. As soon as my Fujifilm X-T2 returns from repair I will try the ACROS recipes.
Thank you, Jamie. As soon as my Fujifilm X-T2 returns from repair I will try the ACROS recipes.
Hi Jamie! Whaoo really great photos.. Now I really like this Acros settings and using a lot in LR.. I want to leave LR for Capture One and tried to convert this settings for CaptureOne.. but so far not so succesfull..just close, but not good enough.. have you tried it on CaptureOne..?Brgds Mas A
Thank you so much! really appreciate that and glad you enjoy it! I’ve never actually used CaptureOne so I couldn’t advise at all unfortunately :(Let me know if you manage though!Cheers
Hi Jamie! Whaoo really great photos.. Now I really like this Acros settings and using a lot in LR.. I want to leave LR for Capture One and tried to convert this settings for CaptureOne.. but so far not so succesfull..just close, but not good enough.. have you tried it on CaptureOne..?Brgds Mas A
Thank you so much! really appreciate that and glad you enjoy it! I’ve never actually used CaptureOne so I couldn’t advise at all unfortunately :(Let me know if you manage though!Cheers
Fab photos. what metering mode you use for acros.
Thanks!! Centre weighted always!
Fab photos. what metering mode you use for acros.
Thanks!! Centre weighted always!
Is this the acros punch one or the regular acros red with auto white balance?
Hi, it’s mostly if not all Acros Punch which I use exclusively now for black and white images!
Is this the acros punch one or the regular acros red with auto white balance?
Hi, it’s mostly if not all Acros Punch which I use exclusively now for black and white images!