I tried a roll a few months ago - a sample that I got from a local lab.
It is much like regular Velvia - very high saturation, very fine grain, extremely high contrast. I shot it at ISO 100 and got the same blocked up shadows that you get with Velvia at ISO 50. The grain and sharpness are claimed to be greater than that of Velvia. I saw nothing that would refute that, but my casual shots would not make a basis for comparison. I have to say it is at least as good as Velvia 50, maybe better.
Personally, I like Velvia for some applications - like sunsets - but the contrast is too pronounced and tonal range too narrow for a lot of subjects / situations. I'd summarize Velvia 100 as having the same characteristics as Velvia 50, maybe even more so, with the advantage of the additional speed. I did not try it at ISO 80 - it may be that, like velvia 50, there is some sense to doing that.
I really laid in a large stock of film last year and still have about 75 rolls of E100S, VS, Provia, and Velvia 50 in the freezer. It's going out of date so I plan to use it up before ordering more. But I may try some Astia for nature shots. I like the idea of accuracy in colors, and it apparently is quite sharp.
In the realm of Kodak, I tried a roll of E100G and found it to be virtually indistinguishable from E100S (my mainstay) so that is a viable option.
Hope this helps -
MCC
At 05:54 PM 9/7/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Has any PDMLer shot this slide film yet. Comments? Likes/dislikes? Kenneth Waller
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