Where things start to get interesting is when we observe just how far Fuji went in trying to perfect all these parameters.
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It looks the same as any other slide film emulsion, with a slow box speed of ISO 100 that promises extremely fine grain, neutral color rendering, and excellent sharpness. Tenuous personification of inanimate film stock aside, what’s so special about Provia? A look at Fujifilm’s spec sheet promises much, but nothing we wouldn’t naturally expect from a slide film. The sidekick’s contribution may not be as obvious, but they’re just as potent and possibly even more impressive for their understatement and nuance. Provia to Velvia is like Scottie Pippen to Michael Jordan, Hannibal Buress to Eric Andre, or Jaco Pastorius to literally every other musician he ever played with.
Velvia can be thought of the swashbuckling, take-on-all-comers protagonist, while Provia is the calm, more calculating sidekick.īut this doesn’t mean that Provia’s a dull film. Like all great duos, Velvia and Provia balance each other out. Today we’ll be taking a look at my personal favorite, Fuji Provia 100F.įuji’s Provia line stands as one half of Fuji’s flagship slide film lineup, the other being the legendary Velvia line. Though most of the old emulsions are gone, a few still remain for us to enjoy, and thankfully they’re some of the best of the bunch. To the average shooter, slide film looks like it’s long been on the way out.įortunately, our crazy community of film enthusiasts have kept the aged heart of slide film sluggishly pumping. Over the last decade, labs which once proudly processed slide film have either dropped support for E-6 or shuttered entirely, and manufacturers have unceremoniously axed once-loved slide film emulsions from their rosters year after year. What was once the professional’s workhorse in color photography has been quietly put to pasture by today’s incredible digital sensors. It doesn’t help that in 2017, shooting slide film has become totally anachronistic. With every shot, they say, slide film will either deliver you to a film shooter’s heaven filled with brilliantly saturated color and unmatched sharpness, or damn you to a hell of blown highlights, crushed blacks, and lab scan-induced bank overdraft notices. It’s harsh, unforgiving, and only for experts. Many people will tell you that there’s nothing as scary in film photography as shooting slide film.
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