Velvia 100F vs. Velvia Classic and Provia 100F

<p><i>The Luminous Landscape</i> has a comparison of the new Velvia

100F with Velvia Classic and Provia 100F: it's an interesting read,

and includes scans. They've promised another review of the reciprocity

characteristics soon. I can't wait.</p>

 

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Hopefully it won't just be disneychrome 2.0, but I haven't had time to see if we have any in stick. Or is it out yet? Honestly I was disappointed enough with "classic velvia" that I stopped paying attention.

Maybe it's my imagination, or maybe it's just my monitor, but judging by the samples posted on that web site, Velvia 100F looks absolutely nothing like original Velvia.

Ehh, its a pretty poor test I think, looking like a rather dull and overcast day it's hard to say anything. Won't know until I try it probably.

According to the announcement I read in "American Photo", Velvia 100F

uses a 4th color layer technology like developed for Reala, except

for a transparency rather than a negative. The claim is the greens

are much more color accurate than with Velvia, which suffered from

various problems with rendering of greens. As such, I wouldn't

expect Velvia 100F to match the color palette of Velvia classic.

Rather, I would expect it to be more similar to Ektachrome E100VS

in color palette, but with the ultra fine grain of Provia 100F.

I still haven't tried any of it. Comparisons to Velvia classic

may well be moot as I expect Fuji to take Velvia classic off the

market fairly soon.

In the Fuji promo materials I saw, the color palette is definitely different from Velvia 50. I'll leave it to others more experienced than I to say what it looks like, exactly. I haven't gotten the test roll that was gifted to me back yet, but since I wasn't in a position to test it side by side with other films, my opinions will be much more general...