Dave wrote: What's the color like compared to Velvia which is ISO 50 ? It seems that people are either Velvia lovers or Velvia haters - I don't mind the film but if the colors on the Provia 100 are a little more subtle, it may be the film for me when it comes to chromes.
REPLY: Provia F may be more subtle but I for one find the color palette of Provia F to be weird. Velvia is saturated but I find Velvia colors accurate whereas the Provia F colors are unpleasant. Particularly it's rendering of blue; blue skies are rendered with a steelish, grey-blue hue of which I've never seen in real life. Sunny winter scenes with Provia F is horrible stuff. Provia is also very fine grained but is no sharper than other 100ISO slide films - some even say its less sharp. Allegedly, Fuji have changed the color response of Provia F after I used it so maybe some of the color problems are sorted out. Anyway, I never use it cause it is prohibitely expensive costing twice as much as comparable filmst. P�l - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
