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A sensitive homage to seventies American colour photography, NOSTALGIC Neg. takes its aesthetic cues from the New Color Photography movement, a generation of image makers who broke from traditional black & white to play with the expressive possibilities of colour. Where many Film Simulations prioritise the accuracy or vibrancy of the image captured above all else, NOSTALGIC Neg. is more about mood. Its soft contrast, warm amber highlights and gentle, yellow-shifted greens produce a subtle vintage atmosphere without feeling forced. The result is a distinctive palette that softens the overall mood while maintaining natural tones and excellent highlight detail. In practical terms, NOSTALGIC Neg. performs well across a huge range of subjects. It lends richness to skin tones in the shadows or in mixed light, and brings cohesion to scenes that combine artificial and natural illumination. It’s also particularly strong within everyday settings – that could be on the street, in the home or in subdued daylight – and typically rewards a slower and more observational approach to photography.
Mood and atmosphere are at the heart of NOSTALGIC Neg.’s visual look, with its warm amber highlights and subtle vintage finish rolling back the decades
COLOUR
Instead of being based on any one film stock, NOSTALGIC Neg. is a new concoction designed to emulate the burgeoning colour photography scene of the seventies. As a newer Film Simulation mode, it’s only available on cameras featuring X-Processor 5.
MUTED
VIVID
HIGHLIGHT TONE
SOFT
HARD
SHADOW TONE
SOFT
HARD
CHARACTERISTICS
STANDARD
UNIQUE
Values based on PROVIA/Standard
FUJIFILM Focus Magazine 27
November/December 2025
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