- Rich bright colours
- no grain

None that I could see

So you like Velvia, the rich bright colours, but you don't really like the way the Velvia 50 over saturates those colours. Well then Velvia 100F is for you! When the original Velvia was canceled in 2005 Fuji began working on a replacement (we know it as Velvia-50), but first Fuji released what they believed would be the replacement. The colour reproduction on Velvia 100F is bright and rich, exactly what you'd expect from a product with the Velvia name, but without the deep over saturated look, the colours are much more natural.

When I first took this film out for a spin I used it in both outdoor and indoor environments, both of which it excelled at, even in the low light situations of an abandoned power station.

This film is perfect for both outdoor landscape shots and architecture work as with the zero grain produces sharp details.

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Fuji Velvia-50
Kodak Ektachrome Elite 100

Grain. There's no grain at all. Resolution power on the top. Sharpness is great, too. Colors are subdued compared to Velvia 50, flesh tones are better, but (in my opinion) not perfect. Gray tones are better than 50, show more detail. Overall, the colors are GOOD. Not great, see below.

One: actually, it doesn't deserve the name "Velvia" on the box. Reds are not really Velvia-like reds. If you shoot something at 50 and 100F velvia the same time you'll notice that what was red in the real world and remained red at the 50, that will orange in the 100F. Various browns are turns to grayish, compared again to the 50. This is not really a defect, it gives you GOOD colors. But not really if it compared to its predecessor.

Great film if you keep one thing in mind.

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Velvia 50, Provia 100. These 2 films are similar from Fuji. If you love both of them, give it a try, because this film is "mixing" the 2 others' specialties.

Fine grain.

Color palette

In one word - Awful ! Just what is Fuji trying to do with this film ? Velvia 50 has a purpose ..Disney colors. And Fuji Provia 100F is the finest general purpose film on the planet. Fine grained and just enough saturation, but not too much. Where does Velvia 100F fit in ? Nowhere. I got burnt by Velvia 100F a year ago on a trip to Monument Valley. It has the ugliest brown/red brown palette you can imagine. Don't photograph red rocks with it..you will regret it for the rest of your life! And beware, when photographing anything red..especially red rocks at sunset. If the redness crosses a (not very high) threshold, it will max out. When I saw the mittens of Monument valley as they came out on film, I almost threw up. There were big dabs of red where there should have been detail. I initially blamed it on a bad batch of film, but just a few days ago like an idiot I decided to gave it another shot, and this time on 4x5. And sure enough, everything that went wrong last time did so again. My two cents -- if you want Disney colors, shoot Velvia 50. If you want nice looking natural colors go with Provia 100F and saturate in Photoshop if you like. There isn't anything better. And finally for near exact tone reproduction there is Astia 100F - another brilliant emulsion from Fuji. Just stay away from Velvia 100F.

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Provia 100F, Astia 100F, Velvia 50, Kodachrome 64 (this is the worst)

Color saturation, sharpness, grain

Probably flesh tones, but haven't tried it.

Tried out a few rolls of this film at the Cincinnati Zoo's flower exhibit this spring, and won't go back to anything else for outdoor photography. I rated at ISO 80 and processed normally... the colors were perfectly vivid without being overdone, sharpness and grain are the best available.

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Fuji Velvia 50, Fuji Reala 100, Fuji Provia 100F

Rich, warm, vibrant colors Crisp and sharp

Skintones just adequate

As a seasoned amateur photographer, I like Velvia 50 a lot. On the other hand, I LOVE Velvia 100F. It's my favorite slide film. Why? The colors are rich, warm, and vibrant and it's crisp and sharp. Even the skintones are adequate (but still no match for other, less saturated films). If you like Velvia 50, give Velvia 100F a try. You'll love it!

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Never needed it

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Fujichrome Velvia 50 (see my review) Kodak Elite Chrome Extra Color (see my review)

No grain 100 speed (real) Vivid colors w/o being cartoonish

Very contrasty, poor dynamic range Cold Fuji palette Don't take it to the Grand Canyon!

First the good news, this really is Velvia with some of its drawbacks corrected. It is a true 100 speed film, so you get the extra stop (1-1/3)that so limited Velvia50 for outdoor use. The colors are bright and vivid, but are more natural and less cartoonish than Velvia50. Colors are for the most part true, without the blue shift of Provia. There is essentially no grain, even at 100X magnification. Now for the bad news, this really is Velvia and some of its drawbacks are still there. There is no mistaking that this is a Fuji film, with its cold, stark, somewhat unsettling palette. I cannot understand how Fuji can make such a saturated film and still manage to render a rich, golden hay field as a dirty, grayish brown. Reds are still a bit "overdone", making it less than optimal for macros of red flowers. There is practically no dynamic range. Shadows are a complete, featureless black. If the exposure is off by half a stop, the picture is ruined. This film benefits immensely from a warming filter, and if I were to shoot it I would leave the filter on all the time and just live with the half stop loss. Unfortunately, this still leaves you with the lack of dynamic range and black, distracting, featureless shadows. Ektachrome VS is still a better outdoor film as it solves both of these problems, even if it shows some slight grain at high magnifications

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Velvia50, Provia, E100G, E100VS, EB, EBX

* extremely fine grain (actually not visible) * even more pleasant colors than Velvia 50 (less 'artificial') * 100 ISOs! * very (!) sharp

* quite expensive

This is what I have been waiting for! Velvia with more natural colors, but still extremely vivid *plus* one extra stop on Velvia 50. I already started to like the slides more than Velvia 50, which I had been using for more than 10 years or so. The best slide film available!

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I bet I already used every professional slide film by Fuji, Kodak, and Agfa. Favorite so far: Velvia 50

Not grain under the loupe that I can see! Extra stop on Velvia 50 Reciprocity up to 1 minute without hassles More natural greens and palette Nice whites

Careful metering required... not a weakness but a caveat.

I'm happy to report that this is a wonderful film with enough saturation to satisfy the colour popping tendencies of this landscape photographers personal requirements. I shot a roll of 35mm 100F in late afternoon conditions in the Mtns where I live where the natural light was extremely blue (shooting allot of waterfalls) and there was allot of shade. I rated the film at 100 and bracketed shots from 4-15 secs, some with a combination of Polariser, 81B, and others without. I wanted to test the film in relation to filters, longer exposures, grain, contrast and palette. The results I got back are just so incredibly sharp... killer! I like the films more neutral balance and can't see where I have lost anything in regard to Velvia 50 which could produce more screaming greens than this. I like the greens that the 100F produces and the whites are very nice indeed. The film isn't overly forgiving of overexposed highlights so you need to be careful in this regard. Even if you shoot for the highlights you will want to be careful of the shadows falling off very quickly, so overall careful metering is a caveat here.

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Velvia 50 E100-S E100-SW Provia 100 E100-VS

- everything I like about Velvia 50. - Now it is ISO 100!

- A bit pricy, but reasonable for pro film.

Seems like the complain on this film is mainly on the color rendition. However, from day 1 Velvia is characterized by its vivid color and high color contrast. Please (again) do not buy a bottle of salt and complain it's too salty and not sweet. I have been a Velvia 50 user for a long time and Velvia 100F is not totally new to me. The vividness of Velvia is still there in the 100F. Although the speed is higher, 100F still has extremely fine grain. I definely recommend that for landscape photography.

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- Velvia 50

Grain is finer than Kodak Extra Colour but not worth sacrifice of colour palette. It's colours are not as attractive as Velvia 50 or Kodak Extra Colour.

Pictures do not look real or pleasant to look at.

I was looking forward to using this film as press reports I’d read suggested that Velvia 100f had the highly saturated colours of Velvia 50 with the advantages of ISO100 speed and without over exaggerating skin tones. Would this film allow me to use one stock film as opposed to Velvia 50 for landscape and Provia 100 or Kodak E100g/gx for general/people shots. Being as objective as I can about this film, the grain is very fine. The images appear very almost artificially sharp. They have a very high contrast, far more than my memory of the original seen. The colours are very strong/hard/unnatural/uncompromising. As you can tell from the above, I don’t like the results I got from this film. They look very artificial as if the photographs are of plastic models not the real scenes. Skin tones are awful. People look like they’re wearing far too much make like actors might for a stage performance.

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Kodak Extra Colour, Velvia 50