I came across a modest YouTube channel where a photographer was taking old digital cameras, such as the Olympus E-P3, and changing the camera’s configuration (white balance, etc) in order to produce a close approximation of film. In this example it’s supposed to resemble Kodak Portra 400. Whether it does or not isn’t all that important to me, it’s an opportunity to kind of shake things up a bit with regards to my photography.

In this example, using the Olympus Super Control Panel, I changed the following:

• White balance set to sunny
• A +5
• G -4
• Portrait mode
• Sharpness -2
• Contrast 0
• Gradation normal
• Saturation +1

Everything else remained the same. The photo is JPEG straight out of the camera. The scene was near the University of Central Florida, the time after 3 in the afternoon. It was hazy to overcast, with just a bit of directional sunlight from the upper left. The tree is one of the many pink trumpet flowers currently blooming all around Orlando. The camera was of course my Pen F with the M.Zuiko 75mm/1.8, set at f/4.

So far I like what little I’ve taken with it, and I will probably continue using this configuration for a while, regardless of light type or levels, just to see how it will work.