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

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!


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Thanks Andrew, it's already in the freezer!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!![]()
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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If it's 12/08 it's relatively young for film in my experience and by summer it'll only be approx 8 months out of date so shouldn't be a problem.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...
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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

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...
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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?![]()


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.
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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 

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