The two velvia's

Just after some feedback on the two Velvia's. Why would you use Velvia 100 over Velvia 100f or the other way around. About to buy some and never used either so any info would be great

Thanks

I think Velvia 100F is less saturated and a little more bluish than 100, at least from my limited experience w/ them.

My order of preference would be Velvia>Velvia 100>Velvia 100F. 100F is definately less saturated than the other two.

1. Velvia 100 is highly saturated and gives lots of pop to colors. Colors can go over the top if you're not careful when using a polarizer. I use it for landscape shots, especially fall colors. Since it's very contrasty I don't use it as my "standard" film.

2. Velvia 100F. Less saturated--more of a slightly souped up Provia. Keeps more detail in shadows than V100 does. Can be pushed to ISO 200 without gaining a large amount of contrast. Does reasonably well with skin tones, unlike V100. I sometimes use it when taking photos of people engaged in outdoor activities where I want a little more "pop" than what I get with Provia. Don't use it much though, since Provia is far more versatile and pushes to ISO 400.

My "standard" film is Provia 100. I will use Velvia 100 when I need the saturation and can get by with ISO 100 speed.


Kent in SD

Velvia 100 and 100F are both finer grained (RMS 8) than Velvia 50 (RMS 9). As the latter is being discontinued, and Velvia 100 best matches RVP's color while also offering higher shutter speeds and pushing well, Velvia 100 is my choice for nature subjects. For Fuji's take on the subject, see:

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/proPhotoProductVelvia.jsp

I like Velvia 100F for it's vivid, but not over saturated colour. I see Velvia 50 as a special tool, and will use Velvia 100 the same way. I do use Astia quite a bit, since all my trannies are later scanned, and it's easy to add saturation, but if there is no shadow detail, it's impossible to add them later on.

Cheers,
Marko