For those who still shoot film like me, I received some samples of the new Velvia 100F and Astia 100F in 35mm format. I had chance to use the 100F so for those interested here are my personal findings and comments. Bear in mind I have used Velvia 50 in the past so I use that as one reference. The new Velvia 100F is not as contrasty as its predecessor but more contrasty than Provia 100F. Colors are a bit more saturated than Provia 100F but I did not find them as saturated as in the original Velvia. Coloring was pleasing especially the fact that skin tones are decent with the Velvia 100F although on the warm side. IMO, the original Velvia had horrid skin tones and was really not meant for photographing people.
Although the original Velvia was said to be an ISO 50 film, I would set my ISO somewhere between ISO 32 (ambient) and 40 (reflective metering)to get a good exposure. At ISO50 there was so much contrast there was little detail. This newer emulsion is an ISO 100 but I find that add 1/3 stop exposure helps to increase the detail by slightly reducing the contrast. Compared to Kodak's E100GX, the colors are not that much different but do have the look of a Fuji film. The Kodak E100GX film has lower contrast which helps bring our more detail in the shadows than the Velvia 100F. So for me I will use Velvia 100F rated at ISO80. Those that like the Provia 100F willike Velvia 100F. I would say most but not all die hard Velvia 50 fans will like it as much. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
