Jens wrote: > Is this good or bad? Are you sayin the new 100 is better than the F or the > discontinued 50?
I've read numerous opinions about the Velvia 100 and Velvia 100F and I've yet to hear about anyone who would use any of them as a replacement for Velvia 50. If Fuji intend to phase out Velvia 50 then they are firmly shooting themselves in the foot. I for one have been unhappy with any of the new "F" emulsion from Fuji. They may be high resolving but they aint sharp by my standards. In fact, Kodachrome 200 is sharper than Provia 100F! This is quite possibly the reson why Provia 100F is used in absolutely every test designed to prove that digital is better than film. The extra resolving power is mostly lost in scanning and printing and digital has better accutance and hence look sharper. In adittion, theres no grain. Velvia 50 has both high resolution (enough anyway) and relatively high accutance. Only Kodachrome 64 is sharper. My bet is that if Velvia 50 is discontinued hordes of outdoor photographers will fill the fridge with the stuff before it is to late or jump ship to digital. To me the latest Fuji slide films, with the exception of Provia 400F which is truly excellent for what it is, seems to be designed to have specs that looks good on paper more than films that create good end results. I rather have fewer details that look pin sharp than more detals that look fussy. Fuji seems to be of a different opinion. Pål
