Is this film discontinued? I read in a photo magazine that Velvia 50 is back a gain but when I went to the company offesial website, I found only Velvia 100F and Velvia 100.
I see that B&H still show Velvia 50 in their website, does that mean they sell remaining quantity from previous years?
If you have any idea please help, thanks.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on January 13, 2008 at 3:04 AM
The film was reintroduced. Same emulsion so far as I can tell, but I don't know the sizes in which the "new" Velvia 50 is available.
Mohsen, Fuji had reintroduced the Velvia 50 a while back now. I have stayed away from it not feeling comfortable that they would not drop it again. To date I'm testing all of their 100's trying to dial one of them in to my liking for consistent results that I enjoyed with many years usage with the older Velvia 50. It is a bit easier for me as I shoot 4x5 mostly these days, so I carry Astia, Provia, & the Velvia 100. I have Velvia 100F on the way to try it next. Overall personally I find the Provia performing the best in the consistency area.
I was searching for this film on the Fuji main website where there is no mention of the 50, I found that their US web version has reinteroduced the 50. So, I think it is only available in US market. Now, it is difficult for me to get this film here in Saudi Arabia.
Day after another, I found difficulties in continuing using slide film as there is only one lab who process slide film in the country, the rest have stopped such service. With the arrival of the D3, I was thinking to switch to this camera as I will be able to use all my old lenses. But, when I read some reviews about it, one was commending on the D3 and he concluded that it is "very close" to the results one can get from a slide film. They still compare a digital image quality against slide film...something forced me to continue use slide film and Velvia in particular. Image quality will remain the most important factor for my shooting.
Mohsen, I hear what you are saying. It sounds like the situation outside the U.S. with availability to product and the final processing can be extremely difficult. I'm very lucky as I have a local friend who does all my post exposure processing, very thankfully. Prior to that I had all kinds of bad stories to share. My main source for film purchases are from B&H and Samy's Camera. Both of their sites showed Velvia 50 for purchase the last time I looked. Being so remote from both product source and post exposure processing, you might give serious thought to the D3. It seems like an excellent choice IMO.
My last box of film was the new Velvia 50 (I currently have an image in ESS gallery shot with it). I am rating the new stuff at 50 rather than the 40 that I used to use. I have only gone through one box, but I sure do like it. I have tried Velvia 100, 100F, Astia and Provia. For landscape work, I prefer the color palette of the 50. I don't like losing a stop or dealing with reciprocity failure, but I just don't like the colors I get with the other films. I now carry Velvia 50 and Astia (for really high contrast situations and for conversion to B&W), along with some Acros for B&W.
Harley, I looked at your post in ESS, an outstanding rendition from the site in DVNP. I followed up by looking for the Velvia 50 in Fuji Quickloads for 4x5 and did not find any. I assume you used the standard loads then, and after looking at B&H as well as Samy's Camera apparently it seems there are no Quickloads made for the 4x5 in the Velvia 50?
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8 repliesI see that B&H still show Velvia 50 in their website, does that mean they sell remaining quantity from previous years?
If you have any idea please help, thanks.
I was searching for this film on the Fuji main website where there is no mention of the 50, I found that their US web version has reinteroduced the 50. So, I think it is only available in US market. Now, it is difficult for me to get this film here in Saudi Arabia.
Day after another, I found difficulties in continuing using slide film as there is only one lab who process slide film in the country, the rest have stopped such service. With the arrival of the D3, I was thinking to switch to this camera as I will be able to use all my old lenses. But, when I read some reviews about it, one was commending on the D3 and he concluded that it is "very close" to the results one can get from a slide film. They still compare a digital image quality against slide film...something forced me to continue use slide film and Velvia in particular. Image quality will remain the most important factor for my shooting.
Both Adorama and BHPhotoVideo are offering it, the latter in bulk:
http://www.adorama.com/FJRVP50120.html?searchinfo=velvia&item_no=1
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/512064-USA/Fujifilm_15757488_RVP_135_36_Fujichrome_Velvia.html
You may also want to contact Gary from Hunt's Photo and Video - they have special discounts for NPN members. http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=14400&b=se&st=0&la=31&ph=15&sid=26118&u=26118 Hunt's gave me a really good deal when I bought slide film from them last time around.