More accurate colors with better skin tones. Good saturation and sharpness.

Mediocre shadow/highlight detail. Price. (I'm guessing this film costs less to produce than Velvia 50!)

My impressions are mixed. The colors are more accurate than Velvia 50 and have good saturation though a bit less than Velvia 50. The film somewhat lacks shadow detail (or highlight detail depending on exposure)-this is my main complaint. Also, while being very sharp lacks the incredible sharpness of Velvia 50. If they could improve the latitude this could be a great all around film. As it now exists, I'm not sure. For photos with people, definitely an improvement due to better skin tones, but for landscape photos I might stay with Velvia 50 for better shadow detail and sharpness (not to mention slightly higher saturation).

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Velvia 50, Kodak E100g/gx

ISO 100 - Slightly over one stop faster than Velvia 50 (when you take into account that V50 is actually ISO 40). Better control over black levels in shadow areas. Very smooth images that look like magazine photos. Beautiful blue skies, like the original Velvia - no polarizer needed for a nice looking sky unless it's really hazy

Slightly noticeable grain (at high magnifications only). Lacks the absolutely perfect white balance of Velvia 50.o

Fuji outdoes themselves again! When I heard there was a Velvia 100, I rushed out to get some. We went to Santa Barbara and I shot pictures at Cachuma Lake, Santa Barbara Mission, and the harbor. The slides I got back were beautiful, they had a "National Geographic" look about them. This film is a lot less finicky about black levels than Velvia 50. Despite its being a little more lacking of the amazing density and perfect white balance of Velvia 50 and having a little more noticeable grain, this is my new favorite film (tied with Velvia 50). I actually think this film *might* be Velvia 50 labeled as 100 so people expose it at 100 and the developers process it as if it were 100, thus pushing it by one stop. Great film. Thanks, Fuji.

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Velvia 50s

• faster than Velvia 50 • great skin tones • highly saturated colors • very low grain

• about 20% more expensive than Velvia 50

Having used Velvia 50 exclusively, I was eager to try the new Velvia 100F to see how it compared. I just got back 10 rolls of travel photos and I was extremely happy with them. The colors were only slightly less saturated than Velvia 50, so there's still plenty of punch. Plus, the skin tones are vastly better. Night and day better. The grain level is very fine and that extra stop of speed makes photos possible that would have been impossible otherwise. I just wish it wasn't over $1.25 more expensive than Velvia 50. I guess that's a small price to pay, because for the shooting I do, I have more correctly exposed photos than with Velvia 50.

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Velvia 50

No grain to speek of, great colors.

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My new slide film! Great and accurate colors. colors seem just a bit more tamed down from the old Velvia 50. This is a good thing. I always found the old Velvia had just a bit to much punch to it's colors. No real grain to speek of. Far better than the Provia 100F that I have been useing. Provia is good also, but the new Velvia seems to be a git better with the grain and it does not have that bad cool tint to it. handles flesh tones well also!

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Provia 100F, Astia, Velvia 50.

Increased film speed.

Green cast.

I was kindly given a roll (yes, 1 roll) of this new film - yet to be released and tested it against RVP - the 'old' Velvia. While my results were by no means conclusive, the film seems to hold its film speed, exhibit pleasing colour saturation and contrast (quite possibly a little lower than RVP), though does seem to be quite a bit greener than the 'old' Velvia - the difference is drastic! This may change by release or in time (as did Velvia over the past 13 years), but for now, I'm sticking to the 'old faithful' and pushing when need be.

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Velvia 50iso RVP