And Another One Bites The Dust

oh noes... Velvia in 120... Well, after the half-dozen rolls I've got left are shot, that'll be me back to just shooting B&W on film :(
 
by the time I've shot half a dozen rolls it's likely to be around 2025... so i'd put money on them having gone by then also.
 
TheBigYin said:
oh noes... Velvia in 120... Well, after the half-dozen rolls I've got left are shot, that'll be me back to just shooting B&W on film :(
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It's only Velvia 100F in 120 that is discontinued; Velvia 50 and Velvia 100 remain.

I also don't think that this is surprising news as 100F didn't get a new box design like the other Fuji films did, including the other Velvias. I suspect they actually stopped making this emulsion awhile ago and have just been coasting on leftover stock, which they'll continue to do for the foreseeable future.
 
The f wasn't as loved as the normal 50 100 stuff anyways?
 
Just curious...what's the difference between 100 and 100F?
 
According to the always right Wiki (...), Velvia F is less saturated than the other version (both 100) and was actually discontinued in 2012, although stocks may still be available.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvia
 
It was announced 2 years ago, we had this conversation then so I'm just gonna say the same thing I did then...

"BLUB"

I still reckon they're cutting the wrong line as far as choice goes.
50 and 100 are still available but they look virtually the same so place your bets on which one of those bites the dust next.
100F is different, beautifully different, its a different emulsion and looks different to both 100 & 50, its not as warm, I dunno about muddy colours, I dunno about less saturation, neither of those seems to describe it properly, if I had to do it in one word I'd say its kinda rusty ??

Anyway, less choice for us then, there are probably greater savings to be made by cutting the 100F emulsion than keeping 2 emulsions, one for 50 or 100, and one for 100F
Still doesn't make any sense to have 50 & 100 from the same soup, whats the point ?, both need good light or its a tripod, one stop isn't gonna pull up any trees, that's why I think one of those is gonna go too.
 
originally 100F was developed to cure the poor skin rendition of 50 & 100, I don't think it worked that well but the upshot of that was they produced a new velvia sufficiently different to 100 & 50 to court its own following.
 
If I was to place betts it would be that eventually only Provia 100f will be left it is the only slide film still actually available in all sizes.
 
I only used Velvia 100 once and it actually kind of reminded me of Kodak E-100VS (also sadly discontinued) in that it offered "controlled saturation" as it was highly saturated, but it looked more natural and not as wildly OTT as Velvia 50/100. I still don't think it did skin tones very well though, and E-100VS always did seem better in that regard.

If I remember, the lead emulsion engineer who developed the Velvia series always thought 100F as an improvement over the original 50 as it didn't change oranges to red, something that he always saw as a flaw. A lot of people actually saw that as its major attraction though!
 
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The great Kenrockwell :rolleyes: proclaims:

"Velvia 100F is duller than Velvia.

Velvia 100 (no F) is much better than 100F, as you can read here."
 
More discontinuations...

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/fujifilm_announce_discontinuations_price_hikes/

SKUs destined for discontinuation include five-packs of Velvia 50, Velvia 100, Provia 100F and Fujicolor PRO 160NS in 220 format; Provia 400X in 135 and 120 formats; and Velvia 100F in 4"x5" and 8"x10" sheets.
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... although I did think that some of these were already in effect, eg I thought Provia 400X 135 was discontinued last year. Certainly have not seen any for a while.
 
ChrisR said:
More discontinuations...

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/fujifilm_announce_discontinuations_price_hikes/



... although I did think that some of these were already in effect, eg I thought Provia 400X 135 was discontinued last year. Certainly have not seen any for a while.
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Woodsy said:
I'm always sad to see a film go, even if it's one I don't use personally :/
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This 'news' is a bit misleading. The press release was intended for the Japanese market and doesn't necessarily apply elsewhere.

For instance, most of the films listed for discontinuation are not even available anywhere outside of Japan. In fact, Fuji had announced the discontinuation of a number of these films in other markets ages ago (e.g., Provia 400X and the 220 films).

I'm also not even convinced that the price increases will necessarily apply to the rest of the world. The value of the yen has dropped considerably over the past few months against a number of different currencies, so this could affect their pricing in markets outside of their home country. We'll have to wait to see what happens in this regard.
 
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Yes, I did wonder if it was something like that. The link was to the Japanese web site, and as you say, I haven't seen 400X for a couple of years (I'd probably buy some if I saw it; I liked the one film I shot with it.)

There were some 4*5 films in the mix, but I expect the same comment applies to them.
 
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