The article says Velvia 50 doesn't have the dread chemical, would be nice if Fuji brought that back to the US as a substitute (since I like that more anyway). Not going to happen I'm sure.
The article says Velvia 50 doesn't have the dread chemical, would be nice if Fuji brought that back to the US as a substitute (since I like that more anyway). Not going to happen I'm sure.
Does anyone know why Fuji doesn't want to sell Velvia 50 in the US? Is it for sale, for example, in Canada, or Europe?
Mike Hartfield, CPA
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Shameless plug.. Free 120 roll films. Cleaning out old Hasselblad stuff that has been LONG gone.
Found some OLD Fuji Velvia 50 in 120 roll, five pack. One roll was more than enough.
IMO, Fuji's very best color transparency film was Astia, discontinued many years ago. Ponder why?
Bernice
I am with you on thatOriginally Posted by Bernice Loui
Go on, tell us…!
Turns out, the best Fuji [color positive] film has been Provia 100F
No great loss, Velvia 50 is the real Velvia anyway - just a shame that it has to be imported from Japan.
Just read this... apparently the EPA has banned one of the chemicals in Velvia 100, so Fuji is stopping sales in the US. I prefer Velvia 50 myself, but if you’re a fan of 100, you may want to stock up. I wonder if We will still be able to but it from Japan?
If Kumar is seeing this... do you know if you will still be able to ship it to the US?
https://petapixel.com/2021/07/06/fujifilm-forced-to-discontinue-velvia-100-film-in-the-u-s-by-the-epa/
Provia was on wretched unstable triacetate sheet base. Endless headaches trying to keep it in register. I happened to get a lot of it in 8X10 cheap, all three generations of it; so that's what I used for awhile until superior PET base products arrived from both Fuji and Kodak. Astia 100F was the best balanced of all of them, but without the lightbox pop that many wanted. I did use Velvia 100F for a few things back in Cibachrome days.
+1 on Astia. Velvia always seemed too saturated for my taste.
I've been a fan of Velvia 50 since it was introduced.
I shoot mostly B/W, but when I shoot color, I shoot COLOR!
(Color as subject matter).
I hope that Fuji decides to re-introduce Velvia 50 to the US in sheet film sizes, and doesn't give up on the US market entirely.
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