Velvia 50 RVP 135-36

[mw_uio]

On the B&H site, Velvia 50 RVP 135-36 is now listed, with a price of $6.20 each, or 20 for $123.99, but not in stock yet!

Cheers

MArk
Quito, EC

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I still have a few rolls, so I'm not concerned.

 

[sepiareverb]

I heard it was coming back, but not for another four or five months. Fuji apparently managed to come up with a new emulsion that doesn't use some expensive or toxic ingredient that was in the old 50.

 

[J J Kapsberger]

How will this be different from the ISO 100 stuff? Finer grain?

 

[sepiareverb]

Velvia 50 was discontinued about two or three years ago. This was the premier film for Nature stock work. Intense yet controlled saturation, nearly no grain, even color- reds, blues & greens all true, yet contrast was fairly well controlled with a mild pull (I usually shot it at 40 and gave -1/3 or -1/2 dev.)

I'm in line for some to try.

 

[sienarot]

How will this be different from the ISO 100 stuff? Finer grain?

From what I've been reading, Fuji claims that the new Velvia will look identical to the old one as they were able to find substitute materials to produce the same image quality as the old one. I've never found the 100 emulsion to be worthy of the Velvia name. In many cases (that I've used it), it looked not too much different from Provia 100F and nowhere near the constrasty/saturated look of the 50. I was happy to get rid of the 100 and clear some space in my freezer.

I'm probably one of the few people who actually like the 100F emulsion and keep a stock of it

 

[mw_uio]

Velvia 50 is (RMS 9) and Velvia 100 (RMS 8), and Astia 100F is (RMS 7)

Here is the specifics:
http://choose-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/velvia_50.pdf

Here is a write up on film/slide storage:
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/HW_Book_18_of_20_HiRes_v1a.pdf

Cheers

MArk
Quito, EC

 

[mw_uio]

Here is what the new box looks like,

(photo from Shutterbug)




Report on Velvia 100 if you are not convinced about the Velvia line up.
http://www.shutterbug.net/test_reports/1003sb_velvia/

Cheers
MArk
Quito, EC

 

[nikon_sam]

I still have about 40 rolls of the old stuff sitting in the fridge...
Velvia and the old Nikon FE...ooopps almost forgot and a tripod...

 

[EmilGil]

I got 15 rolls of Velvia 50 120 in the freezer (old stock), I'm really looking forward to shooting some nice autumn colors with my Hasselblad!

Anybody got a cheap 250/5.6 to sell?

 

[ChrisN]

I've got a roll of the old 50 in the M645, and 10 rolls of the new 50 in the fridge.