The new look Japan files have been haunting me a little.
Their new found found brilliance and clarity is embraced whole heartedly, but there is another look that has been jumping out at me.
Another of the “three” set.
Sometimes, with the smallest push, they look a little film like.
Kodachrome to be precise.
This one has a strong early film look.
They are cleaner and sharper than Kodachrome (fixable), but the colour palette leans that way and with a little added contrast and maybe some reduced saturation, they are really taking me there.
Darker files in particular are responding like film and are screaming to be handled gently.
I know that the memory can play tricks, but I am willing to trust my instincts and visual memory here and I do have a secret weapon.
I have access to a sizeable library of books printed in the pre-digital era or later, but with a pre-digital mind set, that were taken more often than not with Kodachrome.
My concern is, these are EM5 mk1 files, which are literally a dying breed. The only camera I have that seems to have a similar look is the Pen F and I have heard that the sensor in the EM10 mk4 is similar, but the processors are newer.