Provia 100F vs. Velvia (Samples)

Provia is generally more accurate, but will give a blue cast in shadows. Velvia will do this too, but since Velvia tends to be a little warm, it kind of cancels it out a little.

It really depends on your subject matter. For city/street shooting I would use Provia or Astia, and save the Velvia for nature shots. Astia is very nice for skin tones.

Paul
 
I'm wondering if the Velvia was processed correctly. I've never seen colour casts like these on Velvia before. I know there's a first time but this seems 'off track'. I'm wondering if the ISO was incorrect on the camera or if the lab processed it at an incorrect ISO.

The Provia does look right to me. Good blues and browns and nice and crisp as RVP film should be. The Velvia is muddy in the shadows and as previously noted has a magenta hue which is all wrong for Velvia..

Just my opinion and thoughts on this one.
 
I could never get into Velvia. Insane contrast, no latitude, and totally goofy saturation... I've never shot Provia 100 (400 is nice, even pushed 2 stops), because I can't get past Astia. Ah, Astia... Smoothly reserved, but full of snap and crackle in all the right places.

I can see why nature photographers used Velvia in the past, but who here prints directly from color transparencies? Unless you're printing Cibachromes, you can just boost saturation in Photoshop..
 
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