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Hi,

FujiFilm have some short dated QuickLoads for sale via their webshop at the moment:

Velvia 50 or Acros both are £25 per box with expiry March/May time. Just waiting for a delivery to top up the fridge...

Jonathan

Have just ordered 3 boxes of QL Velvia 50 last night

This looks good - thanks for the info.

As an aside has anyone done any comparisons between Vevia 100 and New Velvia 50? Any preferences?

In my experience the 50 is more saturated with a little less dynamic range than the 100, so depends on the scene really.

I quite like the 100(nonF) - it doesn't have that slightly cool look of Provia, but having said that I tend to use Provia more because its cheaper (e.g. Robert White's 3 for 2 offer), and can always tweak the colour balance in post processing.

Have only used Velvia 100 so far, bought 3 boxes from RW last year (3 for 2 offer) and have just used the last few sheets. On the whole I have been very impressed with the V100 but I'm no expert. Hope to use the V50 on the L&L LF workshop this March so will let you know.

Found this to read - http://www.kenrockwell.com/fuji/velvia100.htm

Received my 3 boxes of QL RVP50 this morning (they charged me £5.99 for PP but the actual postage was £6.40!) and it's all dated 03/09. It's in the fridge at the moment but would it be better to freeze it after March?

Paul

Paul,

You might as well chill it now - presumably you wouldn't wait for food to get to the use by date and then stick it in the freezer...? The colder it is, the slower it degrades. It's the same with film although the emulsion base gets a bit stiff and chewy after a while!

Apple wrote:Paul,

You might as well chill it now - presumably you wouldn't wait for food to get to the use by date and then stick it in the freezer...? The colder it is, the slower it degrades. It's the same with film although the emulsion base gets a bit stiff and chewy after a while!

Thanks Andrew, it's already in the freezer!

I see they still have some Velvia 50 sheets left but its out of date (12/08 ).
Do you think this will still be good for use this summer? Its only a fiver a box!

Mike,

I guess it's all down to how anal you are about storage conditions for the film. I've never bothered about specifically chilling any film and never noticed any problem for my uses - YMMV.

If it's 12/08 it's relatively young for film in my experience and by summer it'll only be approx 8 months out of date so shouldn't be a problem. I wouldn't store it somewhere in direct sunlight / heat - I generally have mine in a box either in the darkroom (yes, I've still got one ) or out of direct sight of a window in a non-inhabited room, i.e. somewhere where the central heating isn't on.

For B&W film, I'm using some Acros which is dated May '05 and not seeing any problems with it. OK, you won't get a colour shift with it but it's not gone flat, soft etc...

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, I'm a B+W darkroom man myself but I thought I'd give this colour photography lark a go to see what happens. What could possibly go wrong eh?

Ordered a couple boxes of Velvia 50 and a box of Provia.

Mike M wrote:Thanks Andrew, I'm a B+W darkroom man myself but I thought I'd give this colour photography lark a go to see what happens. What could possibly go wrong eh?

Heheh, oh the innocence of it

Just a couple of things to think about...

Velvia 50 has a very restrictive exposure latitude, around 3 1/2 stops; it is very easy to block shadows and blow highlights - use a spotmeter, placing shadows and using grads to avoid blowing highlights.

Provia is a (much?) more forgiving film with between 4 and 5 stops of latitude.

You can't reckon on N- or N+ development to compensate with tranny film; although you can push some film, the colour changes can be unpredictable, even being affected by things like the pH of the labs water supply.

Colour temperature can be reasonably important and, especially with Velvia 50, it can be very easy to "overcook" the warmup side of things.

Just ordered six packs... should last me til February .. (2010).. I only took 120 pictures last year (probably two or three shots per picture) so this should last half a year at that rate.. I've got wife freezer permission too

Tim

When I looked at the Fuji site a couple of days ago, it seemed as though things had gone back up to full / normal price so I assumed they'd run out unless there's a hidden link - the one's from the OP are dead and Acros is back up £44 per box now