How to add Fujifilm recipes to your camera

In the FujiStyle app on iPhone, open a recipe, tap Apply Recipe, choose Wireless, tap your camera in the list and pick a custom slot. The app writes the recipe’s settings into that slot over Bluetooth, with no cable and no computer. It works on 15 Fujifilm bodies today. On Android, recipes go to the camera over USB for now.

The first connection needs the camera’s PAIRING REGISTRATION screen; after that you tap the camera in the list. Slot counts vary by body: most have C1–C7, the GFX100 II has C1–C6, and the X-S20, X-S10 and X-M5 have C1–C4.

Writing a slot overwrites it. Sending a recipe to C3 replaces whatever was in C3 — same as over USB. Save a slot you care about to My Recipes, or bookmark the community recipe, before you overwrite it.

Full Bluetooth guide: the 15 supported cameras, pairing, and fixes when it won’t connect →

Add a recipe over USB (works on iOS and Android)

The cable path is the dependable one, it is free, and it is the only route on Android.

1. 1

   Use a data cable

   USB-C phone: USB-C to USB-C data cable, not charge-only. Lightning iPhone: Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter. Third-party Lightning dongles fail more often than they work.

2. 2

   Set the camera connection mode

   Power on → MENU/OK → Setup → Connection Setting → Connection Mode. Choose USB TETHER SHOOTING FIXED (preferred) or USB RAW CONV./BACKUP RESTORE. Other modes will not accept a recipe write.

3. 3

   Write the slot from FujiStyle

   Open the recipe in the app, tap Apply Recipe, choose USB Cable, pick a C slot, send it. Close Fujifilm XApp, Camera Remote, Lightroom Mobile, and the iOS Photos importer first — they grab the USB session.

4. 4

   Shoot from that slot

   On bodies with C positions on the mode dial, turn the dial to that slot and shoot P, A, S or M — AUTO and SP don’t use custom settings. On bodies without them, such as the X-T5 and X100VI, choose the custom setting from the Q menu or SELECT CUSTOM SETTING. Otherwise the recipe looks like it “did nothing.”

How C1–C7 custom settings work

A custom slot stores the whole JPEG chain, not a toggle. Change film simulation or white balance on that slot and you have edited the recipe; save if you want to keep it.

• Most X / GFX bodies: C1–C7 (seven recipes).
• Some bodies: C1–C6.
• X-S series and the X-M5: C1–C4. You have to choose which four to keep.

A practical set is one everyday color, one portrait, one street, one landscape, one black-and-white, one night, one spare. Wireless makes it realistic to load a full set before you leave the house. Pick the actual recipes from the Fujifilm recipes library — do not copy a blog’s seven numbers unless your camera has the same film simulations.

X-T30 III: either path, check the simulation

Adding recipes on an X-T30 III works the same as on other recent bodies — Bluetooth from the iOS app, or the USB steps above. What changes is which film simulations the body has (including newer ones such as Reala Ace). A Nostalgic Neg or Reala Ace recipe written for an X100VI will not send cleanly to a camera that lacks that mode.

X-T30 II troubleshooting (display, sync) is a separate article: X-T30 II troubleshooting.

If the write fails

Wireless (Bluetooth)

Each message the app shows, and what to do about it, is in the Bluetooth troubleshooting list.

USB

• Camera not connected: confirm Connection Mode, then the cable. Charge-only USB-C cables look identical.
• Lightning iPhone: use Apple’s adapter. This is the usual failure.
• Busy / disconnects: quit XApp and any photo importer. Try a shorter cable.
• No look after a successful write: the camera is not on that custom setting, or you are in AUTO/SP.

Longer checklists: FAQ · Bluetooth guide · iOS cable notes · Android OTG.

FAQ

What is a Fujifilm recipe?

A Fujifilm recipe is a saved set of JPEG settings on top of a film simulation — white balance, dynamic range, grain, Color Chrome, highlight and shadow — usually stored in a C1–C7 custom slot. It is not a Lightroom preset and it is not the simulation by itself.

Can I add recipes to my Fujifilm camera without a cable?

Yes. FujiStyle on iOS writes a recipe into a custom slot over Bluetooth on 15 Fujifilm bodies: open the recipe, tap Apply Recipe, choose Wireless, pick your camera, then pick the slot. It is free for a limited time. Android and any unstable link still use the USB path, which is free and writes the same slots.

Does film simulation apply to RAW?

Not when you shoot. Film simulations and recipes apply to in-camera JPEGs (and HEIF); the RAF file stays as shot. To develop a RAF again with the camera’s own engine, use Raw Darkroom in FujiStyle on iOS or Android, or Fujifilm X RAW Studio on a computer. Both work over a USB cable with the camera’s USB mode set to RAW CONV./BACKUP RESTORE, and the camera can only use film simulations it has.

How many recipes can I store on the camera?

Most X and GFX bodies have C1–C7 (seven slots). Some have C1–C6. X-S cameras often have C1–C4. On bodies with C positions on the mode dial, turn the dial to that slot and shoot P, A, S or M — AUTO and SP don’t use custom settings. On bodies without them, such as the X-T5 and X100VI, choose the custom setting from the Q menu or SELECT CUSTOM SETTING.

Do all Fujifilm cameras have recipes?

Custom slots exist on recent X and GFX cameras, but not every body has every simulation. A camera can only render the simulations in its own menu. Some bodies gained Reala Ace through a firmware update, so update first if it is missing.

How do I add recipes on an X-T30 III?

Either path works. Wireless: pair once through the camera’s PAIRING REGISTRATION screen, then choose Wireless in FujiStyle for iOS. USB: set Connection Mode to USB TETHER SHOOTING FIXED or USB RAW CONV./BACKUP RESTORE, connect a data cable, and write the slot. Then select that custom setting on the camera.