Hacking VSCO E-M5 Camera Profiles for Olympus E-PL5 or E-PM2

VSCO regularly updates all their VSCO Film sets. The latest versions use custom Camera Profiles for specific camera models to better create the film effect that VSCO is out to emulate.

For example, go to the bottom of this page to look at all current supported camera models for VSCO Film 01: http://vsco.co/film/01/lightroom4

If you purchased any of their sets, the updates to those sets should be FREE!

Below you can see the VSCO Camera Profile that automatically gets loaded when I select the Fuji 160C for Olympus camera.

If you don't hack and you don't have a supported camera model, you can still use the Olympus VSCO presets, but the Camera Profile will stay at Adobe Standard.

The difference between an Olympus VSCO preset that uses the Adobe Standard profile and a custom VSCO Camera Profile is significant.

Below are 4 images. I matched the Basic Lightroom Sliders in the Original Olympus image to match what the VSCO Fuji 160C uses for sake of comparison. Also the Detail sliders are matched across all 4 images.

The following image was shot on a Olympus E-PL5 at ISO 3200. VSCO does not make camera profiles for the E-PL5. They do make camera profiles for the E-M5. I hacked the Fuji 160C camera profile VSCO made for the E-M5 so that it would work with images shot on a E-PL5 (result shown in 3rd image below). To really see the difference, you'll need to look at the images full screen. It is substantial even though the thumbnail may not make it look obvious.

Original Olympus RAW Image with Basic sliders matched to Olympus VSCO Fuji 160C

Olympus VSCO Fuji 160C Preset Applied using Adobe Standard camera profile

Olympus VSCO Fuji 160C Preset Applied using hacked VSCO Fuji 160C Camera Profile for the E-M5

Standard (Generic) VSCO Fuji 160C Preset Applied using Adobe Standard Camera Profile

SFXR wrote:

Call me confused, but my VSCO sets in LR are for "Olympus" cameras. Not for any particular Olympus model at all. What on earth are you referring to?

Were those shot on the defunct section of the Bay Bridge? Very nice.