Preferred film - Velvia 100 or 100F

[timbo10ca]

Oops- I looked again at this film after reading Lon's post- It was actually on Provia. Hence the blue cast. I don't actually have a landscape I shot on the 100f- they're all still-lifes.

Tim

[AFSmithphoto]

I prefer the 100f. Not because I don't like the 100, but I've always got some 50 with me, and I think the 50 and 100 are pretty similiar films. Too similiar for me to carry both.
I take the 100f along because it has MUCH better skin tones, slightly better latitude, and still keeps those crazy blue velvia skies.

[sgelb]

I dont like any of them.

Velvia sucks at shadows and the colors are way over done.

Ektachrome 64 is such a superior emulsion its not even funny. I shot a roll of 120 the other day and the colors are rich but not overdone, the highlights jump off the lightbox if u hit a 1/3 or so under and it has an amazing super detailed full range.

[aphexafx]

Velvia sucks at shadows and the colors are way over done.

Velvia doesn't "suck at shadows", you just have to know how to shoot within its limited dynamic range. It is absolutely fantastic for product/food work, when appropriate, for instance - at least I think so.

I am not a fan of Ektachrome, but I don't think either is superior - they are just different, as are other people's styles of photography...

[Frank Bunnik]

I used Velvia 100f on a 3 week trek in Nepal's Everest area and was very pleased with the results. Some of these can be seen in my mountainset on www.flickr.com/photos/asialover

I tried Velvia 50 before in the Himalayas but because of the very high contrast situations the results were not always that good.

[Eugene van der Merwe]

I shoot 100 at at 80 iso. It seems a little more punchy and colourful than 100f, which i also used for a few years, but a little less forgiving in the dark shadows.