Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Price Paid:  $16.00 from Henry''s Toronto

Summary:
I''ve used the old Provia for awhile and thought it worked very well and was cheaper then Velvia.

Strengths:
Great greens!! Wide exposure latitude.

Weaknesses:
I found it to be a little soft in contrast. I shot a picture of a group of Blue Jays on a feeder among some evergreens and it has a soft look to it, almost like a soft focus filter. My lens was clean and the picture is focused, so that wasn''t the problem.

Similar Products Used:
Agfa slide film, (cheap 8 dollar stuff) but it has great contrast.

Customer Service:
no need

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Very fine grain. Exact colours.

Strengths:
Close to the colours of Kodachrome 25/64. Short development time compared to KR25/64.

Weaknesses:
Light gray shroud when no sunshine present or in darker conditions. Less contrast.

Similar Products Used:
Kodachrome 25 & 64 Fuji Sensia 100 Elite Chrome EB2 & EBX Etachrome EPR, EPP, EPN, HS Agfa 100 RSXII

Customer Service:
None

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $7.00 from Glazers

Summary:
This film is now my default for all color work. It is nearly as easy to work with as print films. The grain will fool the most advid Med-format user out of the fact that it was shot on 35mm! However, you really need the extra chrome when a lot of gradiants are desired. Regardless, this film is sharp! Did a long fashion shoot in less than perfect lighting. I pushed the film two full stops with little color shift! The Astia I shot, only pushed one, looked much worse. Due to the lattitude I use it for landscapes as well after blowing out skies with Velvia (have to have graduated ND w/ Velvia) What can I say - this is the cutting edge of film!

Strengths:
Tightest Grain of any color film - End of story! (at the moment, of course) Very usable color pallette with plenty of color saturation without going loony (not insane like Velvia) Pushes very well (2 full stops!) Better lattitude than nearly any slide I have used.

Weaknesses:
Really none! It has that Fuji look to it, but I find that this film takes well to manipulation via push effects and filtration.

Similar Products Used:
Velvia Elite 100VS Astia Sensia Agfa RSX50

Customer Service:
Never had to use. Web site is helpful - but no AGFAnet.com!

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
What a film! I wonder how many people really know how fabulous this film is. This is the most perfect film in terms of its absolutely incredible color rendition, Sharpness, contrast, and virtual grainlessness.

Strengths:
It records the subject the way it was seen with the eye. The color and contrast of this film is unrivaled. Skin tone is recorded perfectly without the magenta cast that Fuji has been traditionally known for in previous emulsions.

Weaknesses:
Absolutely none.

Similar Products Used:
All kodak color products. I no longer use them because their color palette does not appeal to me.

Customer Service:
Very poor. You can never get a rep. and yet, believe it or not, I use their film!--I''m crazy.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Price Paid:  $5.00 from Various shops

Summary:
In my opinion Provia 100-F is the best slide film currently available. The extremely fine grain makes this film an excellent choice for publishing. 100-F also push-processes well, with very little loss of detail at +1 stop, though significant loss at +2 stops. 100-F is not particularly contrasty, but when pushed to +2 becomes very contrasty and blue tones saturate.

Like most Fuji films, warm tones are not as vivid as cool tones, so a warming filter is a good idea. A polarizer will likely enahnce the rich blues (especially a clear sky), and the result isn't always to my tastes.

Because this is a high-quality film, it has a high-end price tag: around $5.00 per roll, and buying 100-ft rolls to load your own canisters doesn't save much money.

But the excellent detail and the film's ability to forgive a mistake or two make it worthwhile.

Strengths:
Superb detail
Finest grain available in 35mm (even finer than Velvia or Kodachrome 25)
Rich blues and greens
Excellent push processing

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
Provia 100
Velvia
Kodak Ektachrome

Customer Service:
N/A