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Experimenting with \u201crecipes\u201d that build on Fujifilm\u2019s \u201cFilm Simulations\u201d to change the look of your JPEGs \u2013 subtly or not so much \u2013 has long been a tradition among a certain set of the company\u2019s users. However, actually getting the recipes to your camera has historically been a bit of a pain, requiring you to manually adjust several parameters and save them to a custom profile that you can later recall. Recent cameras from Fujifilm have somewhat improved the experience with a dedicated recipe system<\/a>, but it\u2019s still a lot of manual data entry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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This month, though, two apps have promised to solve that problem. One from a major player in the Fujifilm recipes field, the other from a scrappy upstart. For both, recipe syncing is only available for iOS devices (there currently isn\u2019t even an Android version of the latter), but are signs of exciting things to come.<\/p>\n

Fuji X Weekly<\/h2>\n
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The first is the Fuji X Weekly app<\/a>, which is an extension of the popular website that hosts many community created recipes. The app has been around for a while, letting you browse and save recipes that you\u2019d then have to manually enter in on your camera. Now, though, it\u2019s able to download recipes, and then sync them to your camera via a standard called Picture Transfer Protocol. You can do this using the hundreds of recipes in the site\u2019s repository, or with custom ones you\u2019ve entered yourself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The process is relatively simple, as it is for the rest of the apps we\u2019ll cover today. You put your camera in USB Raw Conv. \/ Backup Restore mode, then connect it to your phone with a USB cable. From there, the app should be able to send your selected recipe to whichever custom slot you choose, though the first time you go through this process, you may need to give the app system-level permission to talk to an attached camera. Then, you can select the custom setting mode from your camera (which, in my testing, helpfully already had the name of the recipe in the name field) and start shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Recipes synced from the app are saved as custom settings, letting you easily switch between them.<\/figcaption>Mitchell Clark<\/span><\/figure>\n

While the app is free to use, there is a $20\/year subscription that unlocks a few extra features. That list now includes the ability to sync sets<\/em>\u00a0of recipes to your camera, rather than having to do them one at a time. Say, for example, you have five recipes you use around town every day, and six that you like to have access to while traveling. Paid members could switch between the two with a press of a button.<\/p>\n

FujiShare<\/h2>\n
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A newcomer to the scene is an app called FujiShare, which Reddit user Rude_Shoulder_2895 posted about on the FujifilmX subreddit<\/a>. They said they built the app to make it easier to load sets of recipes to their X100V. It also aims to give you more information about the example photos used for a recipe, to make it easier to distinguish how much of the aesthetic is down to the camera settings, the recipe and the scene. The app also has tools built in to let you load a JPEG from a Fujifilm camera and save the recipe that was used to make it, and to apply frame effects to your photo, making it look like it\u2019s matted or on a film reel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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FujiShare is a sleek app with a modern UI, and it\u2019s undeniably nice to scroll through the recipes on offer, though there seem to be far fewer than on Fuji X Weekly. Otherwise, the actual process of syncing your recipes is much the same as it is using the other app, though users can post packs of recipes as well, letting you just save an entire set of recipes at once, before sending it off to your camera. On that note, FujiShare\u2019s ability to send over multiple recipes at once currently isn\u2019t pay-gated.<\/p>\n

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You can use FujiShare to create \u201cpacks\u201d of recipes (or find existing ones in the feed), and transfer them to your camera in a single step.<\/figcaption>Mitchell<\/span><\/figure>\n

The FujiShare app is currently in public beta, and being distributed through Apple\u2019s TestFlight system, which will take a bit of setup if you haven\u2019t used it before. The beta is free, but it\u2019s unclear what, if any, monetization scheme the app will use when it launches.<\/p>\n

Is this new?<\/h2>\n
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One thing worth noting about these apps is that they don\u2019t appear to be the first to come up with the idea. About a year ago, the team behind the FujiStyle app announced a very similar feature<\/a>, letting you sync recipes to your camera\u2019s custom settings slots via USB. It works very similarly to the other apps and, perhaps most excitingly, I\u2019ve confirmed it works with Android. (I did, however, have to dive into the phone\u2019s developer settings to get it working; your mileage will vary depending on what version of the OS you have.) Unlike the other apps, it doesn\u2019t appear to support syncing sets of recipes at a time, but I bet I could sync seven recipes using the app faster than I could input one on the camera manually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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The caveats<\/h2>\n

Since these apps all seem to use a similar system to sync recipes, they share a lot of the same warnings and asterisks. The biggest one is made explicit by Fuji X Weekly. In the blog post announcing the feature<\/a>, Ritchie Roesch says: \u201cWhile there\u2019s not a lot that can go wrong with PTP, there is a minor chance of adverse affects, especially if not handled carefully by the developers.\u201d While Roesch says they tested many ways that things could go wrong, and built several safeguards into the app, there is still a risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cVery importantly, connecting your camera to any unofficial, unlicensed, unsupported program may void your camera\u2019s manufacturer warranty,\u201d Roesch says. \u201cFujifilm confirmed this with me. I tried very hard to obtain a license from Fujifilm so that it wouldn\u2019t risk voiding your warranty, but ultimately that didn\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The app also makes this clear when you first go to use the feature, making it clear that you\u2019re doing so at your own risk. While the other apps don\u2019t make the warning as explicit, they come with similar warnings, so it\u2019s probably a good idea to approach all of them with a sense of caution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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It\u2019s also worth noting that these apps aren\u2019t universally compatible. They should work with cameras newer than the X-T3 and X-T30, but those cameras and anything older don\u2019t support the system that these apps use to transfer recipes. Likewise, if you have an older iPhone with a Lightning port, it may not be as simple as using a Lightning-to-USB-C cable; Fuji X Weekly reports those won\u2019t work, but that adapters may.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s the fact that the recipe-transfer feature is only available on iOS for Fuji X Weekly, and the FujiShare app currently only exists for iOS. Both developers have said they\u2019re working on version for Android, but the timetables are to be determined. That\u2019s unfortunate for Android users in the short term, as it means they have fewer options. Hopefully that situation will improve soon, but in the meantime, the FujiStyle app is there to serve Android users in the meantime.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/h2>\n

Among the DPReview staff, there were two reactions to the news of these apps. The first was \u201cthis is great, why hasn\u2019t Fujifilm built this into its own app yet?\u201d The second was \u201cPlease don\u2019t ask them to complicate things, I just want the app to transfer pictures reliably, nothing more.\u201d While that reaction is understandable, I also suspect there\u2019s been some pressure on Fujifilm to integrate this kind of feature into XApp. Recipes are a relatively well-known part of its brand identity, and other companies, like Panasonic<\/a> and Nikon, have beaten it to the punch, building systems that allow users to download community-created color profiles to their cameras using an app (and Ricoh has made mention of doing something similar, too).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps the existence of these third party options could take some of that pressure off, letting Fujifilm focus on reliability and compatibility. Or perhaps it\u2019ll build it into XApp at some point in the future and, to borrow a phrase from the Apple developer community, Sherlock these apps. Either way, at the moment Fujifilm users have options they didn\u2019t before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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About the Author: <\/span>Mitchell started taking pictures at 10 and hasn\u2019t stopped since. It\u2019s been a wide-ranging adventure, spanning a wide variety of genres and locales, and occasionally dipping into fascinations with video and filmmaking. They honed their technical knowledge doing documentation, programing and QA, writing for The Verge, and just generally messing around on the computer to see what breaks.<\/div>\n
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