Plumviewer wrote:
According to Pop Photo (Aug. 2003) Velvia 100F has only a Name connection to the "old standard", Velvia, ASA 50. The new film is the only one with 6 sensitized layers (said to help control "natural" color under mixed lighting sources. Fuji's aim here was to increase film speed and provide a real ASA 100, get rid of "Velvia 50 "sunburn" red skin tones, and retain fine grain and keep colors with, what Pop calls "that glorious Velvia color." The article says the film pushes well (1 stop - with exposure recommended at ASA 160) - and when pushed has the higher saturation and contrast akin to Velvia 50. If Ken and Peter claim to miss Velvia 50's saturation and high contrast - the article says Fugi is marketing a punchier Velvia 100 (NO F) at home, and if it takes off it'll likely be sold here in the states. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Plumviewer, Thanks for the information. Hopefully I will get to see the 100 (non-F) Velvia. In the meantime, I'll have to try pushing the Velvia 100F to see if the colors become saturated. FWIW when I push slide film I first add +2/3 then +1 thereafter for each. So for example Provia 100F goes, 160, then 320, then 640. Would probably do the same for Velvia 100F. Provia 400F, 640, then 1250. Works very well in almost all cases. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
