Kodachrome was the first successfully mass-marketed color still film using a subtractive color method, in contrast to earlier additive “screenplate” methods such as Autochrome and Dufaycolor, and was the oldest surviving brand of color film for many years.
Kodachrome film was manufactured for 74 years in various formats to suit still and motion picture cameras, including 8 mm, Super 8, 16 mm, and 35 mm for movies and 35 mm, 120, 110, 126, 828, and large format for still photography. For many years, it was used for professional color photography, especially for images intended for publication in print media.
I always liked the tonality of Kodachrome film of the 30s and 40s. It had a great color palette. Kodachrome had more poetry in it than other film stock, a softness, an elegance. Here are some examples of what I mean:
I know that it is not entirely possible to emulate the characteristics of Kodachrome in the FS100, but I tried to come as close as possible.
K-Tone Picture Profiles are the first “out of the box” profiles I made. That means, it does not require color grading (of course you can grade it though if you want).
I look at it, as I look at specialty lenses. Some odd vintage glass, that I may find on a flea market for a few bucks and adapt it on the camera for some special looks and shots.
What I want to say is, this is not an everyday production profile. It´s more experimental, vintage, sweet-home-Alabama looking. So play with it and let me know what you think.
Since this is a preview, here are some teaser screen grabs. Prototypes as I call them.
The Profiles are made to be underexposed at least 2 stops, but than they give a very rich and dense picture.
It may take an other week or two till I´m happy with those profiles.
Watch this space 
Frank
John McGrath
January 3, 2012
Is that the stock lens you’re using Frank?
(loving the G-log stuff frank thanks for sharing your knowledge )
Frank
January 3, 2012
For those K-Tone tests, yes.
Bill Ravens
January 3, 2012
wow, is all I can say. I might add that they re more reminiscent of GAF64 film than Kodachrome. GAF was my favorite for its rich, red/yellow balanced emulsion.
Gerardo Campos
January 4, 2012
lovely colours that you can get from that profile, please upload your settings, and thanks for your time on the nex-fs100.
James
January 4, 2012
pretty cool, hope to see these profiles online soon !
Scott Caplan
January 4, 2012
Ditto that. Are you going to share the settings with other FS100 users?
Frank
January 4, 2012
Of course – my profiles are free for everyone – just give me one or two mare weeks till I nailed the skintones and made K-Tone profiles for different lighting situations and maybe a LTU.
Adam Jeal (@adamjeal)
January 6, 2012
Life looks better in Kodachrome
Looking forward to this. Thanks Frank!
Btw, sad about Kodak’s Chapter 11 – end of an era.
JeffBarryFilms
January 7, 2012
Hey Frank
Thanks for all your work on this and for making your work free to FS100 users. And also for documenting what you are doing. Love this Kodachrome PP.
Interestingly, for me, I think Philip’s Christmas Shootout, as well as the price point with which the C300 came in at, has made the FS100 even more valuable. I really love this camera and it feels like its flown under the radar because, first, it has a different form factor, and then second, the C300 and Scarlet were announced. And now everyone is anticipating the arrival of the D4, D800, 5D MKIII, and the Canon 4K DSLR.
(Rant over)
Anyway, great work Frank.
Jeff B
John Godwin
January 7, 2012
Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for working on this.
Troy Turner
January 7, 2012
Beautiful! Just beautiful!
John McGrath
January 8, 2012
Hi Frank could i ask your opinion on something??
I’m thinking about Getting a ZEISS FLEKTOGON 4 / 50 for the FS100 one that has been reconditioned by the lens doctor in the UK converted with a Canon EF fitting, do you think this would work well the FS100??
Frank
January 8, 2012
Yap, works just fine, I have the same lens. A bit on the slow side, but not that big of a problem with a FS100 at least you don´t need a ND filter for most situations
You need an adapter though: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Canon-EOS-EF-lens-Adapter-Sony-NEX-5-3-VG-10-5C-E-mount-/330539338792?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder_Filteradapter&hash=item4cf5ae0c28
John McGrath
January 8, 2012
Thanks Frank you’re a Gent