I have shot 80 frames of this film and thought I'd pass on what I've found. As far as grain is concerned, it truely is very sharp; at least as sharp as Velvia. Contrast is moderate, which has its virtues in bringing out shadow details in shots with much exposure latitude. The color saturation is less than the old Fujichrome 50, Velvia and Kodak VS. In fact, it is pale enough to resemble Kodak's E100 SW. Provia F is OK for portraits but for landscape work, I will stay with Velvia and VS. If it only had a bit more saturation. SR

-- Steve Rasmussen (srasmuss@flash.net), October 24, 1999

Answers

Chris-- Provia 100F is what I call a limited use film. It does well in night shots of architecture(churches, cathedrals, castles etc.) with 1- 60 second exposures unpushed. But, when a film needs to be pushed to perform, that really limits its use. SR

-- Steve Rasmussen (srasmuss@flash.net), November 29, 1999.

My second use of this film in quite some time has shown a change from when I first did a test on it. It seems to do much better now when unpushed. It also seems more saturated than before. I am switching from VS to this improved version of RDP III. SR

-- Steve Rasmussen (srasmuss@flash.net), October 08, 2000.

I recently shot a roll of Fuji100F in 35mm. The grain is very fine and the contrast is down which means that you get more shadow and highlight detail than on RDPII. The colours are a bit weaker than EKTA 100VS and Velvia but then it will have its use for excessively contrasty scenes. Have you tried pushing 100F one or two stops ? You should find the colours are a bit more like Ektachrome 100VS with much finer grain. I think any film with reduced grain will benfit us.

-- Chris Georgiopoulos (jaygeorge@bigpond.com), November 27, 1999.

I have used about 30 rolls of RDPIII 120 pushed by 1 stop. I have found that the results are superb - VERY smooth grain and sharpness, and the contrast is boosted to a level that is occasionally lacking when it's exposed at 100. The colour is also strong - though I agree with Steve, if only it had the colours of Velvia. Not too far off though!

-- Ed Hurst (BullMoo@hotmail.com), April 17, 2000.