Your processing here reminds me of the technicolor 2strip they have as a preset called DUO. Raw Photo Processor (RPP) has a film emulation presets that are pleasant. in addition to the weighting of the diff channels in the curve. The thing that catches my attention is the notation regarding. But, if I were going to embark on that endeavor, I think my first stop would be to try and find the film profile curve. If I will have some time later I'll try to dig out some old Kodachrome work to refresh my memory and perhaps comment again. However, memory is tricky and not always trustworthy. Going only from memory, your processing reminds me more of certain dye coupled "chromes" than it does Kodachrome. Couldn't help taking a trip down memory lane. My Nikon F2, a sweet 50 mm Nikkor f 1.4 lens and a 36 exposure roll of Kodachrome II with a prepaid Kodak processing mailer. When Paul Simon sang about Kodachrome, I always assumed he meant Kodachrome II. Sure the chemistry was more friendly to the environment, but the color. I shot a lot of it to do my work, but the love just wasn't there. ![]() When Kodak changed to Kodachrome 25, I didn't like it nearly as well. Unless a scene's lighting was quite flat, getting shadow detail without blowing the highlights was iffy at best. Kodachrome-X, at ASA 64, was faster but had a higher contrast I didn't like at all. In 1973 I shot something north of 50,000 frames of Kodachrome II and perhaps two rolls of Kodachrome-X. Of course that's largely a matter of taste. Kodachrome II had an ASA rating of 25 and, to my eyes, was the best color transparency film ever made. I started with Kodachrome II and Kodachrome-X. When talking about the characteristics of "Kodachrome", the first question that comes to my mind is which Kodachrome? Some folks older than me remember and prefer the original Kodachrome. I will say the first and last say Kodachrome most, and the last is just plain good to my eyes. ![]() Others here have a sharped eye for the nuances of color/contrast etc. I don't strive to duplicate it, but it does sway me in a certain direction. A bot too saturated for some, but not me. I was an old Kodachrome user and still like the look. Love the look, comp of the first image, great expression.ĭitto for #2, only wishing the car wasn't there. I have never searched for LR presets as film emulations, but I suspect they are out there too. In Silver Efex Pro, another suite member, there are a range of BW film emulations if you do BW as well. You can apply them to your image, tweak them as desired, explore around. In a pull down menu you will see many film emulations. Then navigate to Color Efex, one of the suite elements. However, if you are relatively new to digital photography maybe you are not familiar with the Nik Collection? Free via google, although I think they announced no longer supporting it. They were just the ones I was using to develop this preset PS: Not sharing these photos because they are anything incredible, artistically. I’d love to know what you think, and especially would love to hear from anyone who is more familiar with this film, with advice on what looks wrong with what I have so far. Here are a few shots I’ve processed with the work-in-progress preset. The qualities I notice most in Kodachrome would be: 1) rich and deep warm colors, 2) slightly faded and perhaps even yellow-ish greens, 3) a slight blue cast to the film, though not such that it drastically cools skin tones, 4) high contrast without detail being lost in the blacks, 5) a subtle, fine grain. Recently I’ve been working on some settings in Lightroom that capture the original beauty of Kodachrome, but don’t really trust my eye enough to know if I’m even remotely close. The characteristics of the film are unlike any others I’ve seen, with a hard-to-describe depth and nostalgia that I’m struggling to capture with any of my digital files. One film that I’m obsessed with is Kodachrome, the discontinued film from Kodak. I love the freedom and flexibility of digital photography, but there is something about the character of film that grips me. Film has always had a certain appeal to me, but never such that I'd abandon digital and switch over. ![]() The Canon 60D was my first real tool, and all I’ve known since I started shooting has been digital.
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