B&W 3200 (X100 Recipe)

Something I have been dying to do with my original Fujifilm X100 is to create a B&W recipe that simulates the look of grain. As this camera is now 14 years old, you’re limited with the options for creating recipes and so there is no ‘Grain’ option in-camera - but recently I had an idea for bypassing this. That idea was to create a recipe like normal but only shoot JPEGs at ISO 3200 in hope that the noise produced at this ISO setting replicates the look of grain.

See some results below…

To enhance the final JPEGs I added +15 Texture, +15 Clarity, +15 Dehaze in Lightroom.

B&W 3200

Monochrome +Y
DR: 100
Highlight: MEDIUM HARD
Shadow: HARD
Color: MID
Noise Reduction: LOW
Sharpening: STD
White Balance: Auto (R+9 B-9)