I've noticed something important that I thought I should share with everyone about this film. I always shoot this film pushed to 200 speed so take this into consideration when reading this. This film does very well when you are shooting subjects that are dominated by blue and green(ie Yosemite, tropics) but it does less well with the yellow, orange and red end of the spectrum. Orange is not accurate and is more yellowish and yellow doesn't seem as saturated as it could be. For blue and green, it is similar to Velvia but for yellow, orange and red, Velvia is much better.

-- Steve Rasmussen (srasmuss@flash.net), March 17, 2001

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Steve - I also use Provia 100 F at ISO 200 extensively. I noted the orange turning out a bit yellowish in a few sunsets, but assumed I had messed up the exposure.

The phenomenon you mention is not always a disadvantage. In many low light and night photographs taken this winter, I used both Velvia and 100 F. In many cases 100 F produced a better result. I am not necessarily saying that color rendition was more accurate!

Firework photos looked better with 100 F with a much wider spectrum of colors.

A striking example was street lamps (mercury vapor I think, but not 100% sure) on snow where 100 F produced an attractive yellow color. We trashed all the Velvia slides taken in the same situation. They came out a very deep orange.

-- Tony Cunningham (cmserv@wxs.nl), March 20, 2001.