Velvia 100F Impressions

I finally shot some, and posted a few examples. Take a look if interested:

www.manzi.org/v100f

Bowser- wrote:

I finally shot some, and posted a few examples. Take a look if interested:

www.manzi.org/v100f

Thanks for sharing the images. I had a chance to try this film recently,
though I do not have anything scanned yet. Hopefully, the scanning
performance will be good, and I may have some samples soon.

The Fuji reps gave me some of this film to try out recently. I happened to
test a roll against Kodak E100VS at a Porsche Club event. Overall, I was very
surprised that Velvia 100F is a warm biased film, with little of the blue
green bias of Velvia 50.

The most telling shots involved the pavement. In the Kodak E100VS shots, the
pavement is almost exactly grey, while in the Velvia 100F shots, the pavement
has a reddish tone to it. Green areas and objects were another difference.
The E100VS tended to go more towards black with the trees in the background
of some shots, while the Velvia 100F just went darker green. One car had
fluorescent green wheels, and the Velvia 100F rendered them yellow, while the
E100VS gave the proper colour.

This now makes it tougher for me to choose between the two films for
automotive imagery. Black cars looked a little better with the Fuji, though
red cars were about even on both films, and white cars better left to the
E100VS without colour cast nor warm bias. Light blue cars also looked
slightly better with the E100VS

If I were doing landscape, or food imagery, then I would lean towards the new
Fuji Velvia 100F. The green rendering was not natural, but it made for a more
striking image. Thanks Fuji, for letting me try this film. I will definitely
be adding it to my refrigerator.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
Alliance Graphique Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

I plan to shoot a side by side comparison with VS, just so I can see the
results on a light table. I don't think the V100F is bad film, but I'm
dissappointed in the lack of sharpness. As far as color rendition goes,
well, you find out what this stuff can do, and use it for its strengths,
like we do with old Velvia. Also, I haven't had a chance to test it on any
bright reds or deep greens. I've got another pro pack to burn through, so I
guess we'll see.

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Bowser- wrote:

I finally shot some, and posted a few examples. Take a look if
interested:

www.manzi.org/v100f

Thanks for sharing the images. I had a chance to try this film recently,
though I do not have anything scanned yet. Hopefully, the scanning
performance will be good, and I may have some samples soon.

The Fuji reps gave me some of this film to try out recently. I happened to
test a roll against Kodak E100VS at a Porsche Club event. Overall, I was
very
surprised that Velvia 100F is a warm biased film, with little of the blue
green bias of Velvia 50.

The most telling shots involved the pavement. In the Kodak E100VS shots,
the
pavement is almost exactly grey, while in the Velvia 100F shots, the
pavement
has a reddish tone to it. Green areas and objects were another difference.
The E100VS tended to go more towards black with the trees in the
background
of some shots, while the Velvia 100F just went darker green. One car had
fluorescent green wheels, and the Velvia 100F rendered them yellow, while
the
E100VS gave the proper colour.

This now makes it tougher for me to choose between the two films for
automotive imagery. Black cars looked a little better with the Fuji,
though
red cars were about even on both films, and white cars better left to the
E100VS without colour cast nor warm bias. Light blue cars also looked
slightly better with the E100VS

If I were doing landscape, or food imagery, then I would lean towards the
new
Fuji Velvia 100F. The green rendering was not natural, but it made for a
more
striking image. Thanks Fuji, for letting me try this film. I will
definitely
be adding it to my refrigerator.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
Alliance Graphique Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

Bowser- wrote:

I plan to shoot a side by side comparison with VS, just so I can see the
results on a light table. I don't think the V100F is bad film, but I'm
dissappointed in the lack of sharpness.

Only checking under an 8x loupe, and scanning a few images, it appears to be
slightly less sharp than E100VS. However, I think some of this apparent
sharpness difference may be down to the lower contrast. The fact that the
Velvia 100F did so well with green areas of trees in shadow, while the E100VS
just showed shadow, may be some indication of a bias in the films.

As far as color rendition goes,
well, you find out what this stuff can do, and use it for its strengths,
like we do with old Velvia. Also, I haven't had a chance to test it on any
bright reds or deep greens. I've got another pro pack to burn through, so I
guess we'll see.

My first test of this was afternoon shooting outside. The more shadow in the
shots, the lower the contrast. It might be a good idea to add 1/3 stop exposure
when shooting more in shadow with the Fuji film. The Kodak E100VS does much
better in this regard.

I think for green testing, perhaps the E100GX might make a better comparison
than E100VS. Either way, I still think the Fuji might be slightly better at
rendering green, though that has been a traditional Fuji strong point.

I also have some of the new Astia that Fuji gave me. I have not yet had a
chance to test this. Previously, I have used Kodachrome 64 or Ektachrome 64,
though again the E100GX, and sometimes the E200, are other choices. The
previous Astia was very good for Portrait use, especially with lighter skins
tones.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
Alliance Graphique Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com