diff --git a/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx b/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx
index 100913af..cf0b1765 100644
--- a/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default async function UploadPage({ params }: Params) {
 
   const {
     blobId,
-    photoFormExif,
+    formDataFromExif,
     imageResizedBase64: imageThumbnailBase64,
     shouldStripGpsData,
     error,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default async function UploadPage({ params }: Params) {
   });
 
   const isDataMissing =
-    !photoFormExif ||
+    !formDataFromExif ||
     (AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED && !imageThumbnailBase64);
 
   if (isDataMissing && !error) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default async function UploadPage({ params }: Params) {
     !isDataMissing
       ? <UploadPageClient {...{
         blobId,
-        photoFormExif,
+        formDataFromExif,
         uniqueTags,
         hasAiTextGeneration,
         textFieldsToAutoGenerate,
diff --git a/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx b/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx
index 1ccac213..b931dcd6 100644
--- a/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
   loading,
   required,
   readOnly,
+  spellCheck,
   capitalize,
   type = 'text',
   inputRef,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
   loading?: boolean
   required?: boolean
   readOnly?: boolean
+  spellCheck?: boolean
   capitalize?: boolean
   type?: FieldSetType
   inputRef?: Ref<HTMLInputElement>
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
                 placeholder={placeholder}
                 onChange={e => onChange?.(e.target.value)}
                 readOnly={readOnly || pending || loading}
+                spellCheck={spellCheck}
+                autoCapitalize={!capitalize ? 'off' : undefined}
                 className={clsx(
                   'w-full h-24 resize-none',
                   Boolean(error) && 'error',
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
                   ? e.target.value === 'true' ? 'false' : 'true'
                   : e.target.value)}
                 type={type}
+                spellCheck={spellCheck}
                 autoComplete="off"
                 autoCapitalize={!capitalize ? 'off' : undefined}
                 readOnly={readOnly || pending || loading}
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx
index b6f859e4..0949b316 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx
@@ -307,12 +307,16 @@ export default function PhotoLarge({
                   <li>{photo.isoFormatted}</li>
                   <li>{photo.exposureCompensationFormatted ?? '0ev'}</li>
                 </ul>
-                {showSimulation && photo.filmSimulation &&
+                {(
+                  (showSimulation && photo.filmSimulation)
+                  || photo.fujifilmRecipe
+                ) &&
                   <div className="flex items-center gap-2 *:w-auto">
-                    <PhotoFilmSimulation
-                      simulation={photo.filmSimulation}
-                      prefetch={prefetchRelatedLinks}
-                    />
+                    {showSimulation && photo.filmSimulation &&
+                      <PhotoFilmSimulation
+                        simulation={photo.filmSimulation}
+                        prefetch={prefetchRelatedLinks}
+                      />}
                     {photo.fujifilmRecipe &&
                       <button
                         ref={refRecipeTrigger}
diff --git a/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx b/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx
index 2fb34f76..c571d033 100644
--- a/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 export default function UploadPageClient({
   blobId,
-  photoFormExif,
+  formDataFromExif,
   uniqueTags,
   hasAiTextGeneration,
   textFieldsToAutoGenerate,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default function UploadPageClient({
   shouldStripGpsData,
 }: {
   blobId?: string
-  photoFormExif: Partial<PhotoFormData>
+  formDataFromExif: Partial<PhotoFormData>
   uniqueTags: Tags
   hasAiTextGeneration?: boolean
   textFieldsToAutoGenerate?: AiAutoGeneratedField[],
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ export default function UploadPageClient({
   });
 
   const initialPhotoForm = useMemo(() => ({
-    ...photoFormExif,
+    ...formDataFromExif,
     // Generate missing dates on client to avoid timezone issues
-    ...generateTakenAtFields(photoFormExif),
-  }), [photoFormExif]);
+    ...generateTakenAtFields(formDataFromExif),
+  }), [formDataFromExif]);
 
   return (
     <AdminChildPage
diff --git a/src/photo/actions.ts b/src/photo/actions.ts
index 6409b99f..b7e71a0f 100644
--- a/src/photo/actions.ts
+++ b/src/photo/actions.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/photo/db/query';
 import { GetPhotosOptions, areOptionsSensitive } from './db';
 import {
+  FIELDS_TO_NOT_OVERWRITE_WITH_NULL_DATA_ON_SYNC,
   PhotoFormData,
   convertFormDataToPhotoDbInsert,
   convertPhotoToFormData,
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ export const addAllUploadsAction = async ({
           streamUpdate('Parsing EXIF data');
 
           const {
-            photoFormExif,
+            formDataFromExif,
             imageResizedBase64,
             shouldStripGpsData,
             fileBytes,
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ export const addAllUploadsAction = async ({
             generateResizedImage: AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED,
           });
 
-          if (photoFormExif) {
+          if (formDataFromExif) {
             if (AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED) {
               streamUpdate('Generating AI text');
             }
@@ -141,13 +142,13 @@ export const addAllUploadsAction = async ({
             );
 
             const form: Partial<PhotoFormData> = {
-              ...photoFormExif,
+              ...formDataFromExif,
               title,
               caption,
               tags: tags || aiTags,
               semanticDescription,
-              takenAt: photoFormExif.takenAt || takenAtLocal,
-              takenAtNaive: photoFormExif.takenAtNaive || takenAtNaiveLocal,
+              takenAt: formDataFromExif.takenAt || takenAtLocal,
+              takenAtNaive: formDataFromExif.takenAtNaive || takenAtNaiveLocal,
             };
 
             streamUpdate('Transferring to photo storage');
@@ -302,9 +303,9 @@ export const getExifDataAction = async (
   url: string,
 ): Promise<Partial<PhotoFormData>> =>
   runAuthenticatedAdminServerAction(async () => {
-    const { photoFormExif } = await extractImageDataFromBlobPath(url);
-    if (photoFormExif) {
-      return photoFormExif;
+    const { formDataFromExif } = await extractImageDataFromBlobPath(url);
+    if (formDataFromExif) {
+      return formDataFromExif;
     } else {
       return {};
     }
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ export const syncPhotoAction = async (photoId: string) =>
 
     if (photo) {
       const {
-        photoFormExif,
+        formDataFromExif,
         imageResizedBase64,
         shouldStripGpsData,
         fileBytes,
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ export const syncPhotoAction = async (photoId: string) =>
       });
 
       let urlToDelete: string | undefined;
-      if (photoFormExif) {
+      if (formDataFromExif) {
         if (photo.url.includes(photo.id) || shouldStripGpsData) {
           // Anonymize storage url on update if necessary by
           // re-running image upload transfer logic
@@ -359,11 +360,18 @@ export const syncPhotoAction = async (photoId: string) =>
           AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS,
         );
 
+        const formDataFromPhoto = convertPhotoToFormData(photo);
+
+        // Don't overwrite manually configured fujifilm meta with null data
+        FIELDS_TO_NOT_OVERWRITE_WITH_NULL_DATA_ON_SYNC.forEach(field => {
+          if (!formDataFromExif[field] && formDataFromPhoto[field]) {
+            delete formDataFromExif[field];
+          }
+        });
+
         const photoFormDbInsert = convertFormDataToPhotoDbInsert({
-          ...convertPhotoToFormData(photo),
-          ...photoFormExif,
-          // Don't overwrite manually configured film simulations
-          ...photo.filmSimulation && { filmSimulation: photo.filmSimulation },
+          ...formDataFromPhoto,
+          ...formDataFromExif,
           ...!BLUR_ENABLED && { blurData: undefined },
           ...!photo.title && { title: atTitle },
           ...!photo.caption && { caption: aiCaption },
diff --git a/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx b/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
index cd6e7e0e..46858432 100644
--- a/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
               readOnly,
               validate,
               validateStringMaxLength,
+              spellCheck,
               capitalize,
               hideIfEmpty,
               shouldHide,
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
                   tagOptions={tagOptions}
                   required={required}
                   readOnly={readOnly}
+                  spellCheck={spellCheck}
                   capitalize={capitalize}
                   placeholder={loadingMessage && !formData[key]
                     ? loadingMessage
diff --git a/src/photo/form/index.ts b/src/photo/form/index.ts
index dfec17d4..62ed6e0b 100644
--- a/src/photo/form/index.ts
+++ b/src/photo/form/index.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type FormMeta = {
   readOnly?: boolean
   validate?: (value?: string) => string | undefined
   validateStringMaxLength?: number
+  spellCheck?: boolean
   capitalize?: boolean
   hide?: boolean
   hideIfEmpty?: boolean
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ type FormMeta = {
   selectOptions?: { value: string, label: string }[]
   selectOptionsDefaultLabel?: string
   tagOptions?: AnnotatedTag[]
+  shouldNotOverwriteWithNullDataOnSync?: boolean
 };
 
 const STRING_MAX_LENGTH_SHORT = 255;
@@ -107,12 +109,26 @@ const FORM_METADATA = (
     selectOptions: FILM_SIMULATION_FORM_INPUT_OPTIONS,
     selectOptionsDefaultLabel: 'Unknown',
     shouldHide: ({ make }) => make !== MAKE_FUJIFILM,
+    shouldNotOverwriteWithNullDataOnSync: true,
   },
   fujifilmRecipe: {
     type: 'textarea',
     label: 'fujifilm recipe',
+    spellCheck: false,
+    capitalize: false,
+    validate: value => {
+      let validationMessage = undefined;
+      if (value) {
+        try {
+          JSON.parse(value);
+        } catch {
+          validationMessage = 'Invalid JSON';
+        }
+      }
+      return validationMessage;
+    },
     shouldHide: ({ make }) => make !== MAKE_FUJIFILM,
-    readOnly: true,
+    shouldNotOverwriteWithNullDataOnSync: true,
   },
   focalLength: { label: 'focal length' },
   focalLengthIn35MmFormat: { label: 'focal length 35mm-equivalent' },
@@ -138,6 +154,11 @@ const FORM_METADATA = (
   hidden: { label: 'hidden', type: 'checkbox' },
 });
 
+export const FIELDS_TO_NOT_OVERWRITE_WITH_NULL_DATA_ON_SYNC =
+  Object.entries(FORM_METADATA())
+    .filter(([_, meta]) => meta.shouldNotOverwriteWithNullDataOnSync)
+    .map(([key]) => key as keyof PhotoFormData);
+
 export const FORM_METADATA_ENTRIES = (
   ...args: Parameters<typeof FORM_METADATA>
 ) =>
@@ -175,9 +196,8 @@ export const formHasTextContent = ({
 
 // CREATE FORM DATA: FROM PHOTO
 
-export const convertPhotoToFormData = (
-  photo: Photo,
-): PhotoFormData => {
+export const convertPhotoToFormData = (photo: Photo): PhotoFormData => {
+  console.log('convertPhotoToFormData', photo);
   const valueForKey = (key: keyof Photo, value: any) => {
     switch (key) {
     case 'tags':
diff --git a/src/photo/server.ts b/src/photo/server.ts
index 85eb594a..202c4a44 100644
--- a/src/photo/server.ts
+++ b/src/photo/server.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const extractImageDataFromBlobPath = async (
   },
 ): Promise<{
   blobId?: string
-  photoFormExif?: Partial<PhotoFormData>
+  formDataFromExif?: Partial<PhotoFormData>
   imageResizedBase64?: string
   shouldStripGpsData?: boolean
   fileBytes?: ArrayBuffer
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const extractImageDataFromBlobPath = async (
   return {
     blobId,
     ...exifData && {
-      photoFormExif: {
+      formDataFromExif: {
         ...includeInitialPhotoFields && {
           hidden: 'false',
           favorite: 'false',