Velvia 50 dead?

[markok765]

Is it dead? ive heard somewhere that it is but my camera store still has it in

the frige.

[v.anisimov]

old news...over a couple of years now. The current Velvia 100 is just as good

[ellis_vener_photography]

check the expiration dates. I believe RVP was going to be discontiued by the end of 2005.

[markok765]

Yes, but they keep all procolor,slide, ir, 120 and sheet in a frige at 50 F

[edgar_njari]

Hi Marko, where are you from? (Zagreb perhapse?)

[Ed_Ingold]

Hey Rip! Have you been bowling with gnomes again?

[plasma181]

Oddly enough, I got the new B&H catalog a few weeks ago, and it still has several Agfa films listed. Where are they getting it from?

[david chau]

there is alot of velvia 50 left around stores in adelaide, australia in date, but 100 velvia seems to be a bit harder to find

[ben_hutcherson]

My understanding was that the last run was in December 2005, so there's still some fresh stock out there that will expire some time next year. If you prefer 50 over 100, it would be in your best interest to buy all you can and freeze it while it's still fresh.

[irish_one21]

velvia 100 is its replacement it is actually better velvia 50 has a grain of sms 9 and 100

has an sms 8 which is less grain

[wickedmartini]

There was a small amount of production done after the announcement.

[al_divenuti]

>>velvia 100 is its replacement it is actually better velvia 50 has a grain of sms 9 and 100 has an sms 8 which is less grain

 

Yeah, it's got less grain but it also has noticeably less sharpness and saturation as well.

 

Velvia 100 is a cure without a disease.

[chrishickman]

How about the disease of reciprocity failure? Or the disease of needing 2x the light (all other factors being equal)?

[berni_landau]

Velvia 100 being better than 50 is a matter of opinion. I've shot both films at the same time on identical subject matter and have a very strong preference for Velvia 50. Having an extra stop and better reciprocity does not impact the type of pictures I usually take. Just because the spec sheet says that 100 is better than 50 does not necessarily make it so. Film preferences are a very subjective thing - I happen to think that Velvia 100 has inferior colors and contrast compared to Velvia 50!

 

In my area I can still get plenty of Velvia 50 with expiration dates well into 2007. So to answer you main question: Velvia 50 is still alive.