Evening at a Pond– Farmington Bay, UT – Fujifilm X100V “Kodachrome 64”
The Fujifilm X100V has some new features, including Clarity and Color Chrome Effect Blue, that my X-T30 doesn’t have, despite sharing the same sensor.The more JPEG options that I have, the more accurately I can create in-camera looks. My hope is to revisit some of my film simulation recipes, and create what I hope are more accurate versions using the new features. The first one that I revamped is myKodachrome 64 film simulation recipe.
Many people love my Kodachrome 64 recipe, but not everyone. The biggest complaint that I’ve heard about it is that the reds aren’t vibrant enough. I don’t disagree with that, but there are always compromises when recreating looks in-camera because the tools available to me are limited. Of course, what Kodachrome 64 looks like depends on how you’re viewing it, whether projector, light table, scan, print, and how so. You can find some vastly different looking pictures that were captured on Kodachrome 64. For this revamped recipe, I spent some time studying the Kodachrome slides that I captured many years ago.
Red Lights & Rain– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V “Kodachrome 64”
While I feel that this is an improved Kodachrome 64 recipe, it’s still not perfect. Those who disliked how reds were rendered on the old recipe will certainly like this one better, but is it 100% exactly like the film? No. I think +2 Color might be too much, but +1 Color doesn’t render reds and yellows vibrant enough. If you prefer +1 Color, feel free to do that instead. There’s a little less contrast with this new version. Both of the Color Chrome Effects, the lower Dynamic Range setting, and Clarity add contrast, so I changed Highlight and Shadow to compensate. The X-T4 has .5 Highlight and Shadow adjustments, and I would set Shadow to +0.5 if I were using these settings on that camera (I hope that Fujifilm updates the X100V and X-Pro3 to allow this, too). I think it would be acceptable to use +1 Shadow, but I felt that was a tad too much, so I set it to 0.Despite not being perfect, I do feel that this version is a little more accurate to actual Kodachrome 64 film.
If you have an X100V, X-Pro3 or X-T4, I invite you to try this new-and-improved Kodachrome 64 film simulation recipe. Be sure to let me know what you think!Here are a couple pictures comparing the two versions of this recipes:
Original Kodachrome 64 recipe.
New Kodachrome 64 Recipe.
Original Kodachrome 64 recipe.
New Kodachrome 64 recipe.
Classic Chrome
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlight: 0
Shadow: 0
Color: +2
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening: +1
Clarity: +3
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Weak
White Balance: Daylight, +2 Red & -5 Blue
ISO: Auto, up to ISO 6400
Exposure Compensation: 0 to +2/3 (typically)
Example photographs, all camera-made JPEGs using this new Kodachrome 64 film simulation recipe on my Fujifilm X100V:
White Horse by a Stream– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Horses in the Grass– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Curious Horse– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Country Tires– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Yellow Flowers, Blue Sky– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Wishful Day– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Beer & Board– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Road Bicycling– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
All the World’s a Sunny Day– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Orders & Pickup– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Red, White & Blue Day– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Flag Up Close– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Reeds by the Water– Farmington Bay, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Evening Reeds– Farmington Bay, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Landscape Flowers– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Handlebar– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Kodak Colors– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Half of an Orange– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Ground Beans– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Pallets– Centerville, UT – Fujifilm X100V
IHOP– Centerville, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Cupcake– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Sitting on Concrete– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
Spring Snow– Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100V
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