bad news for large format Velvia shooters

[kutitta]

at least for some of them, as Fujifilm has apparently decided to stop production of some formats from its Velvia lineup.

Good news is that 35mm and 120 will still be produced - but who knows until when!

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/19...umber-of-formats-from-the-velvia-film-lineup/

 

[Bugleone]

....Then there's not a lot of point because it WAS 4x5 sheet film that offered something valuable,......35mm/120 roll is already surpassed by digital, in the case of 35mm drastically surpassed!

 

[Cutly]

....Then there's not a lot of point because it WAS 4x5 sheet film that offered something valuable,......35mm/120 roll is already surpassed by digital, in the case of 35mm drastically surpassed!

only if you are counting pixels.

 

[Bugleone]

Well actually, I think the 'games up' with film,...digital is simply vastly superior in most depts and this is now extremely visible to anyone who looks. I say this as a film user for 40 years from a boy, including a spell in TV as a stills photog.

....NO 35mm and very little 120 work really stands up to digital for general image quality,......to try to argue otherwise is to simply shut ones eyes to reality. If you enjoy playing with film as a hobby then all power to you ,...but for everything else it's 'game set and match'.......

4x5 sheet film did/does offfer a very cost effective alternative to some very expensive digital equipment,...maybe for not much longer, but still very usable by some serious people around the world for quality work down to a price, and to dump that now is a disaster,...no less!

 

[Mackinaw]

....NO 35mm and very little 120 work really stands up to digital for general image quality,......to try to argue otherwise is to simply shut ones eyes to reality. If you enjoy playing with film as a hobby then all power to you ,...but for everything else it's 'game set and match'.......

I agree with you that digital photography is now incredibly good.

But I continue to use film (B&W) mainly because it has a different look. Not better than digital, not worse, but different. And I love the fact that I can alter the look by using different developers, processing times, etc.

But this isn't a thread on film vs. digital. Fuji stopped selling Velvia in various formats because people weren't buying it. Simple as that.

Jim B.