New Fuji Velvia 50 - version II? Can anyone here read the Japanese characters?

[Dave Parker]

Depends on the film, how it gets stored in the freezer, most of mine is just in the orginals packages right now...Never had any problems over the years

Dave

 

[butterflydream]

What is the bottle on the right side?
Special developer?

 

[braxus]

What's in your freezer?

Well I got my P&S digital out and pulled out the box from the deep freezer. Here are two pics of the box and whats in it. Keep in mind all you can see is the film at the top of the box. There are many layers beneath with other rolls. The 4x5 takes up most of the room in there.

 

[tjaded]

Man oh man! This is really good news. I loved Velvia 50 (have a little left over) and will be happy to get it again. There seems to be a decent amount of GOOD news in the film world lately. It is a refreshing change for sure.


Now, if only Agfa can come back and start RSX II iso 50 again...heck, while I'm at it, some 4x5 Kodachrome 25 would be nice.

 

[tjaded]

Oh yeah, the freezer pics. I'm only part crazy...it happens to be a large part, but just part! The first two are the freezer and freezer door on the regular fridge, and then there is a pic of the apartment size fridge that is dedicated to film and color paper....

 

[Baxter Bradford]

Enthusiasm more guarded here, but like others hoping that indeed it is third time lucky.
Plenty of hype preceded launches of both Velvia 100F and even more for the less than wonderful Velvia 100. I am still amazed at how wrong they got the latter emulsion when shooting in Dawn/Dusk light.

Until then I shall be depleting the small stockpile I have amassed of RVP50 in my freezer and using RVP100F when conditions aren't good enough for the real McCoy!

 

[Rob Landry]

While I'm definitely excited, my enthusiasm is reserved as well. My hope is that Fuji will be able to replicate Velvia's colors, contrast and sharpness while improving the reciprocity characteristics and its dye stability to match the new films.

The big gamble is whether or not to continue amassing my stockpile of the original, or to slow down and hope that the new film truly does live up to its predecessor.

It's too bad they just couldn't tweak RVP100 to be a match for RVP50, cause the extra speed would be nice, especially for LF.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Ref. super8 - there have been reports of the fuji stock not running smoothly in super8 carts.

That's all I have heard though.

Matt

Here's a Super-8 Velvia 50D frame grab--

I thought it ran fine in the camera (Beaulieu 4008ZMII), and it looked okay on my motorized editor (Elmo 912/S), but it did look a unusually jittery in the projector (Heurtier Duo-Play--normally pretty steady).

 

[fotogooroo]

New Fuji Velvia II

I had a Japanese friend here translate roughly what the Fujifilm Japan website had to say regarding the resumption of production of Velvia 50:
October 20, 2006
'...Because of difficulty obtaining some of the raw material, we terminated production of Velvia 50 at the end of last year and have shipped all stock on hand.
But, considering the importance of our duty to our photofans and their long patronage whose demand for Velvia continues to be strong and to protect photograph culture, we have examined the possibility of the resumption of production from various angles. As a result, production of a Velvia II (the tentative name) with almost all of the qualities of the original has been made possible with the creation of an alternative raw material and conversion to new production techniques.
Availability is planned for Spring of 2007. We will advise as to prices and product details.'

 

[braxus]

For comparison heres a film scan off of Kodachrome 40 Super 8.

 

[copake_ham]

Velvia 50 (original) a couple of weeks ago....

OH, BTW, can you find the cows?

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Since we're comparing Super-8 color reversal stocks, here's Ektachrome E100D--

E100D is more neutral and makes nicer fleshtones, but I think I'll shoot Velvia for the birds.

 

[wirehead]

While I'm definitely excited, my enthusiasm is reserved as well. My hope is that Fuji will be able to replicate Velvia's colors, contrast and sharpness while improving the reciprocity characteristics and its dye stability to match the new films.

The big gamble is whether or not to continue amassing my stockpile of the original, or to slow down and hope that the new film truly does live up to its predecessor.

It's too bad they just couldn't tweak RVP100 to be a match for RVP50, cause the extra speed would be nice, especially for LF.

I dono, I'm just hoping that nothing happens to RVP100. It's my personal fav, on account of having reasonable speed, great reciprocity for those hour-long exposures, and Velvia colors.

 

[braxus]

I always wondered why they didn't just put E100G/GX into Super 8 instead of the 64T they use. By the way David- how do you meter with odd speed stocks? I could use a 35mm for the metering, but I have no clue what shutter speed the Super 8 cameras usually use. Not knowing that I'd have no clue where to start. This is the reason why I find it hard to let go of the Kodachrome 40 stock I have since its the last film that can still use the in camera meter.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Wittner has been reperfing E100 for Super-8, and it's been getting much better reviews than 64T. Over on the forum at filmshooting.com (for mostly Super-8 and other small gauge cine formats), John Pytlak from Kodak has explained that one of the main reasons they went with 64T was because it was closer to 40, and would work better in cameras that didn't have a manual film-speed option.

The Beaulieau does have a manual film speed option, so I can just set it on the camera and use the camera's internal meter, but if I want to use a separate meter, the shutter speed is 1/87 sec. at 24 fps, so I can just meter as if it were 1/90. 18 fps is usually about 1/45 sec. There are conversion tables for other speeds usually in the documentation for most light meters. I suspect that this may vary if you have a camera with a 220-degree shutter for low light, so check your camera manual as well.

 

[braxus]

The two cameras I have are both sound versions. One is an Elmo 350SL and is a low light unit that runs only at 18 fps. The other is an Elmo 1000S and can run at both speeds, but I'm unsure if its a low light one or not. Both cameras can have its aperture set manually. The 1000S is an older one then the 350SL one.

 

[Photo Engineer]

As I mentioned on APUG sometime in May, Dr Tadeki Tani was shooting a new Fuji camera with a new Fuji film. It was a high speed film according to Dr. Tani. I used the camera to take pictures of him and his group who were attending the ICIS conference in Rochester.

So, I would guess that there is another new film yet to come from Fuji.

PE

 

[sanderx1]

I will give you a quick translation (my job is a Japanese technical translator). Basically it says many people have beloved the original velvia 50, and as a result in the spring of 2007 a new Velvia 50, tenatively called Velvia II will be released. Prices and release dates are yet to be announced.

Hope it helps.

Gary

Given that Provia 400X still doesn't appear to have hit the channel, I'm rather pessimistic of the "spring 2007" date

 

[roteague]

Given that Provia 400X still doesn't appear to have hit the channel, I'm rather pessimistic of the "spring 2007" date

Good point. I asked about Provia 400X when I was in Sydney last week, and the camera store hasn't even heard about it yet.

 

[naturephoto1]

I will talk to the Fuji reps at Photo Plus on Saturday and see what they know about what is in the pipe line and when to expect new films.

Rich

 

[filmnut]

I asked my contact at Fuji Canada about these rumours, and he confirmed that Velvia 50 is going to be re-produced, not as a new product, but as a re-introduction and will be just the same as the original. Spring of '07 is when he said it will available again. This is due to customer demand, so its' very nice to see that one big film company actually listens to what its' customers want!
Also, the new Provia 400X is delayed (I guess we all know that by now) due to production problems for a few months, but he was vague as to exactly when it will be available.
Keith

 

[kunihiko]

Some retailers in Japan already have PROVIA 400X in stock, saying "will be shiped in 24 hours!" or "Fall color sale !", something like that.
I only see 135s, no 120, though.