An ISO 100 color reversal film that offers smooth and natural skin tones - the ideal tool for fashion photography. Outstanding color fidelity is a
An ISO 100 color reversal film that offers smooth and natural skin tones - the ideal tool for fashion photography. Outstanding color fidelity is also well-suited for commercial use.
Available in 35 mm, 120, 220, Sheet, and QuickLoad Formats
Summary: Very nice film, looks natural, Also very good Xprocessed, had a classic cross processed look and no hugh colour shift like wqith Sensia, Just a random wierd rusult, I had 2 pictures one with w purple sky the other with a yellow sky :)
Strengths: Fine grain, looks real, Good at being cross processed.
Weaknesses: Exposure latitude, can be hard to find.
Summary: I previously wrote that Provia 100 was one of the finest grained films I had ever used, but up here in Toronto we didn't get the new velvia or Astia as yet, well a Photog who was visiting me from the States gave me a few rolls of astia to try. First impressions were not great, muted colour and low contrast so I tried this as a fashion film. Now here is where Astia shines, over powering backgrounds that would leave a colour cast on the models skin work fine now! I told the makeup artist to go nuts with the colour now that the effects would be mutted. Another note is my polaroid scanner bit the big one so I had the scans done on a 2820 dpi unit and compared it to rescaned provia slides, now I thought provia was fine grain, I will have to take that back, this stuff really has almost no grain, none that you can see at 2820 dpi while proiva still showed a few grain specks in contrasty areas at this resolution. Also in comparison Astia is much more neutrally balanced, a tad warm but the provia cold blue is gone. This is very welcome since you don't want blue skined people. The lower contrast lets you worry less about blowing out highlights. The older Astia was a great fashion/portrait film and this one is just better, finer grain, a tad more lattitude and all the good qualities the older one had, with out the cold blue cast it's Provia brother has! Now don't use this stuff for landscapes or where you want colour that jumps out at you, this isn't meant for that but if you want to shoot nice soft portraits that show no grain and would make wall sized posters from 35mm ( or larger in larger formats ) this is what you want to use. Looks like Kodak will be missing me buying their 160 porta stuff. The down side is this stuff costs as much as 2 rolls of sensia 100 with processing, I can't wait for the prices to come down tho. I have to give it a 3 for value it's just not cheap despite this is probably going to be the fashion film of choice. I wonder if they'll do a 400 iso version? I have not tried to push this yet but if it behaves like provia it should do well.
Strengths: VERY fine grained, low contrast, wider lattitude than older version. soft muted colour for portraits, faithful colour reproduction.
Weaknesses: Too expensive, muted colours not good for general use. Low contrast can be bad when you want some punch.
Similar Products Used: sensia 100, provia, older astia, kodak portrait films ( since this is a portrait film )
Summary: I bought a roll of this film to compare it with Velvia. While Astia has fine grain and clarity, it lacks the overall brilliance of Velvia.
This film was obviously made for portraits, not for the outdoors. For portraits it's obviously great judging by the neutral colors it offers, and also by the reviews. I don't do portraits, though..
Strengths: Little Apparent Grain
Clear Images
Weaknesses: Muted Colors, lacks the liveliness of Velvia. This is good for portraits, not for landscapes.g
Similar Products Used: Fuji Velvia 50D
Kodachrome 64i
Rating Reviewed by: Mike (Unregistered User)
(Professional)
Review Date May 5, 2003
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 4 of 5
Used product for 3 Months to 1 year
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Summary: I've been using Astia to shoot orchid flowers (botanical record for awarded plants) for about 7 or 8 months now,a nd have gone through probably 50 rolls. The color rendition is very accurate, and the whites come across very pure. Very slight gradations in the white pallette show up well in the image.
I switched from EPN after doing some testing. I *much* prefer the very smooth look of the Astia, and the local price is about 50% of the EPN. Side-by-side comparisons with EPN, using studio flash as a light source showed that the colors remained faithful and true to life.
Strengths: Dead-on color accuracy. Reasonable price. Very easy film to work with. It handled a 2-stop meter failure without getting too muddy when pushed.
Weaknesses: I have some trouble feeding it through one camera body; it hangs up and tears the sprocket holes after about 15-18 exposures. (This is in an older camera, and it is starting to show it's age and getting ready for retirement.) Works fine in my other bodies, though.
Similar Products Used: Kodak EPN (Ektachrome Professional)
Fujichrome Velvia
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