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No more Velvia
I just read in Amateur Photographer that Fuji are to permanently cease
production of Velvia 50 in a year's time. Apparently they can't get one of the magic ingredients. There will be an ISO 100 replacement (not to be confused with the already existing 100F) which will have all the saturation of Velvia 50. Charlie Waite (UK landscape pro) says he knows of people who will buy up =A35000 of the outgoing 50 and freeze it. |
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Chadwick wrote:
I just read in Amateur Photographer that Fuji are to permanently cease production of Velvia 50 in a year's time. Apparently they can't get one of the magic ingredients. There will be an ISO 100 replacement (not to be confused with the already existing 100F) which will have all the saturation of Velvia 50. Charlie Waite (UK landscape pro) says he knows of people who will buy up £5000 of the outgoing 50 and freeze it. Film is already frozen up to well over 50 deg C. You mean cold store. I'll probably buy a couple bricks myself and store as cold as reasonably possible (in a deep freezer). I shoot about 5 rolls of Velvia 50 a year, so a couple bricks will last many years... One rule of thumb (and probably more myth than fact) is that for every 10°C below fridge temp, the storage life of unexposed slide film is doubled. So at -17°C the storage life would be something on the order of 10 years. OTOH, the new 100F is pretty good, and the 100 should be very close to the classic in color and grain. Probably not worth getting too worked up over conserving the classic version. Cheers, Alan. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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Chadwick wrote:
I just read in Amateur Photographer that Fuji are to permanently cease production of Velvia 50 in a year's time. Apparently they can't get one of the magic ingredients. There will be an ISO 100 replacement (not to be confused with the already existing 100F) which will have all the saturation of Velvia 50. Charlie Waite (UK landscape pro) says he knows of people who will buy up £5000 of the outgoing 50 and freeze it. Film is already frozen up to well over 50 deg C. You mean cold store. I'll probably buy a couple bricks myself and store as cold as reasonably possible (in a deep freezer). I shoot about 5 rolls of Velvia 50 a year, so a couple bricks will last many years... One rule of thumb (and probably more myth than fact) is that for every 10°C below fridge temp, the storage life of unexposed slide film is doubled. So at -17°C the storage life would be something on the order of 10 years. OTOH, the new 100F is pretty good, and the 100 should be very close to the classic in color and grain. Probably not worth getting too worked up over conserving the classic version. Cheers, Alan. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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In article . com,
Chadwick wrote: I just read in Amateur Photographer that Fuji are to permanently cease production of Velvia 50 in a year's time. Apparently they can't get one of the magic ingredients. Not Sudan-1, by any chance? ;-) |
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In article ,
Alan Browne wrote: OTOH, the new 100F is pretty good, I find Velvia 100F to be a pain in the neck for scanning (due to its contrast) in a way that Velvia 50 and Provia 100F aren't, so I tend to steer clear of it. Looking forward to trying Velvia 100 though. |
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On 1 Mar 2005 07:54:59 -0800, "Chadwick"
wrote: I just read in Amateur Photographer that Fuji are to permanently cease production of Velvia 50 in a year's time. Apparently they can't get one of the magic ingredients. There will be an ISO 100 replacement (not to be confused with the already existing 100F) which will have all the saturation of Velvia 50. Charlie Waite (UK landscape pro) says he knows of people who will buy up £5000 of the outgoing 50 and freeze it. Is it also true that they are going to call the new 100 version 'Cartoonia' to avoid confusion with the 100F? g -- Owamanga! |
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On 1 Mar 2005 07:54:59 -0800, "Chadwick"
wrote: I just read in Amateur Photographer that Fuji are to permanently cease production of Velvia 50 in a year's time. Apparently they can't get one of the magic ingredients. There will be an ISO 100 replacement (not to be confused with the already existing 100F) which will have all the saturation of Velvia 50. Charlie Waite (UK landscape pro) says he knows of people who will buy up £5000 of the outgoing 50 and freeze it. Is it also true that they are going to call the new 100 version 'Cartoonia' to avoid confusion with the 100F? g -- Owamanga! |
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Chris Brown wrote:
In article , Alan Browne wrote: OTOH, the new 100F is pretty good, I find Velvia 100F to be a pain in the neck for scanning (due to its contrast) in a way that Velvia 50 and Provia 100F aren't, so I tend to steer clear of it. Looking forward to trying Velvia 100 though. It is contrasty, but I don't find it very different in scanning than Provia 100F. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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Chris Brown wrote:
In article , Alan Browne wrote: OTOH, the new 100F is pretty good, I find Velvia 100F to be a pain in the neck for scanning (due to its contrast) in a way that Velvia 50 and Provia 100F aren't, so I tend to steer clear of it. Looking forward to trying Velvia 100 though. It is contrasty, but I don't find it very different in scanning than Provia 100F. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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Alan Browne wrote: Chadwick wrote: Charlie Waite (UK landscape pro) says he knows of people who will buy up =A35000 of the outgoing 50 and freeze it. Film is already frozen up to well over 50 deg C. You mean cold store. ... One rule of thumb (and probably more myth than fact) is that for every 10=B0C below fridge temp, the storage life of unexposed slide film is doubled. So at -17=B0C the storage life would be something on the order of 10 years. Maybe I did mean frozen then? I was just quoting what the magazine said. It'll be interesting to see what replaces it. Currently you flick through a magazine and nearly all the shots (especially landscapes) are on Velvia 50. I've been thinking about trying it, and only put off by the fact that it is a transparency film and I have zero equipment to handle transparancies. But I've just got a new scanner that can take them, so maybe I'll take the plunge. |
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