How can I make modern digital photos look like they were shot on a Fujifilm FinePix S602Z?
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I have older photos from a Fujifilm FinePix S602Z and want to make new images from a modern camera resemble that look as closely as possible. The main traits I notice are:
- color rendering: faded turquoise skies, less-saturated greens, and an overall older digital-camera color response
- pixel rendering: the Super CCD sensor seems to produce distinctive edge detail and texture
- I can add noise and a little chromatic aberration myself, but I’m unsure how to reproduce the color and rendering more convincingly
What is a practical post-processing workflow to approximate the FinePix S602Z look from a modern RAW file?
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11y ago
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This is my best I can do at the moment but I don't accept this answer as it's only at a halfway to desired results.
Software used: SilkyPix; GIMP 2.8 with GMIC, Focus blur and Color packages.
Pixel Rendering
- Develop the current camera RAW with no corrections.
- Scale the image down to sensor size (2048x1536) with No Interpolation.
- Apply Focus blur with the Radius = 0.3 and defaults in other setting
- Apply GMIC->Degradations->Noise [additive], Amplitude = 6, Channel = Saturation.
- Filters->Colors->Chromatic Aberration, Lateral Blue = +2, Red = +1.
- Layer->Rotate 45 deg. CW
- Scale to 2832x2128 target image size with No Interpolation
- Layer->Rotate 45 deg. CCW
- Flatten Image before further processing
- Apply Unsharp Mask with Radius = 1.5
Colours
- Filters->GMIC->Colors->Tone Presets, Velvetia, Strength = 100
- Colors->Hue/Saturation, Hue = -15, Saturation = -30
- Colors->Curves, clip highlights on the sky a bit
Store to 4:2:2 horizontal JPEG with target size of about 2 MB (quality = 96).
Original (current camera) image (downsized)
Degraded (stylized) image (downsized)
Degraded (stylized) image rendering detail
Original FinePix S602Z rendering detail
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A practical way is to treat it as a two-part emulation: color response and low-resolution rendering.
Start from the modern camera’s RAW with corrections disabled. To mimic the FinePix rendering, reduce the image to roughly the old sensor resolution (about 2048×1536) using no interpolation, apply a very slight blur, then scale back up to the target size. One community workflow also rotates 45°, upscales to about 2832×2128 with no interpolation, then rotates back, followed by a light unsharp mask. This can help imitate the Super CCD’s distinctive edge rendering.
For the older digital look, add a small amount of noise and a touch of chromatic aberration. For color, use curve/tone adjustments rather than chasing exact numeric parameters. A film-style or tone preset with muted greens and cyan/turquoise sky bias can get you close; the example answer used a “Velvetia” tone preset as a starting point.
In short: disable modern corrections, downsample, add slight blur/noise/CA, upscale in a controlled way, sharpen lightly, then tune colors with curves or presets until they visually match your reference FinePix files.
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