The Velvia Club

Jimfear · 10-04-2009, 07:30 AM

Welcome to the Velvia club! Here you can post your best Velvia shots. All variations of Velvia are welcome but do tell us which Velvia was used.

Inspired by all the different clubs in the lens section I thought I'd start a club in honour of my favourite film. Enjoy!

Variations of Velvia:
- Velvia original version, RVP. Introduced 1990. Discontinued in 2005.
- Velvia 100F, RVP100F. Introduced 2002.
- Velvia 100, RVP100. Introduced 2005.
- Velvia 50, the new Velvia, RVP50. Introduced 2007.

Now lets see some Velvia!

Jimfear · 10-04-2009, 07:36 AM

These have been shown before but they can be shown again, they would not have been anything were it not for Velvia.

RVP, Pentax LX and K50/1.2

RVP100F, Pentax LX and K35/3.5

pspentax · 10-04-2009, 04:22 PM

Some of mine

Pentax 645+A75+RVP

Pentax 645+FA35+RVP

Pentax 67+55+RVP

*Andi Lo* · 10-04-2009, 04:33 PM

I Love Velvia

Click on the image to view it in a larger size

*gofour3* · 10-05-2009, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Jimfear

Welcome to the Velvia club! Here you can post your best Velvia shots. All variations of Velvia are welcome but do tell us which Velvia was used.

Inspired by all the different clubs in the lens section I thought I'd start a club in honour of my favourite film. Enjoy!

Variations of Velvia:
- Velvia original version, RVP. Introduced 1990. Discontinued in 2005.
- Velvia 100F, RVP100F. Introduced 2002.
- Velvia 100, RVP100. Introduced 2005.
- Velvia 50, the new Velvia, RVP50. Introduced 2007.

Now lets see some Velvia!

Yes Velvia is great slide film. I have been a Kodak shooter since 1972, mostly with Kodachrome 64 and more recently Ektachrome E100VS.

The photo lab I use only carries Fuji and has a great price with processing/mounting included. So I thought I’d give Velvia 100 a try and I really like it. Also tried the 50 ASA and that’s even better, but a bit too slow for everyday use.

Unfortunately I rarely get my slides scanned, so if I do I’ll post some pictures then.

Phil.

Nesster · 10-05-2009, 11:22 AM

Great idea!

I had a real hard time scanning Velvia & getting the tone right... I'll dig the film out and try again, as I've had better luck since with Provia...

Yashica Mat 124G, RVP 100

mer · 10-05-2009, 03:49 PM

1) Nikon F2 / Tamron 28-105mm F2.8 / Fuji Velvia RVP ISO 50

2) Yashica T4* / Carl Zeiss 35mm / Fuji Velvia RVP ISO 50

3) Nikon FM10 , Nikkor 85mm F1.8 / Original Fuji Velvia ISO 50

4) Pentax ME Super , Porst 55mm F/1.2 , Fuji Velvia original expired.

little laker · 10-05-2009, 09:32 PM

Having only shot one roll so far, I don't really have many photographs to post yet.
So I'll post some at a future date.

Originally Posted by Nesster

I had a real hard time scanning Velvia & getting the tone right.

I found out through a friend, Velvia pretty much uses it's own colour profile, if you goggle up

Velvia color profile

you may find the help you need.
Although I haven't tried it yet, I at least imagine the scanners at my work should be pretty accurate, being Fuji.
Next week, after my film is returned I'll find out first hand.

Jimfear · 10-06-2009, 12:43 AM

pspentax, you really caught that deep blue in the skies. And is that an indoor portrait with Velvia?! Very nice!

Nesster, yes getting the colours right can be hard. I usually correct the colours by eye afterwards. I think I get it quite right, do tell me if they look awful so I can recalibrate my sreecn

I see a lot of great urban photos with Velvia but I never get around to trying it myself, *writing down on "to do list"...*.

Anyway here's another one from me.

RVP100F with some kind of glass/metal thing attached to... eeh.. that box with a button on it!

little laker · 10-06-2009, 09:35 AM

Jim,
If you scan a Velvia, and work on a image under the recommended colour profile it should be pretty accurate.
Then save it as a Adobe RGB, or just RGB profile for easy viewing on the computer.

Anything newer than Photoshop 7 lets you download just about any profile you desire, and should allow you to do the scans.

Although until you calibrate your monitor we really don't know what you intended for us to see

Even then, we all need our monitors calibrated as well.

Jimfear · 10-26-2009, 11:41 AM

Yes indeed, another roll has just come back from developing. Thought I'd share some of the better pics with you.

RVP, 135mm f/2.5 @ not wide open

RVP, 50mm f/1.2 @ 1.2

fs999 · 10-26-2009, 04:03 PM

645N - Arsat 30mm fisheye Velvia 100F

*ramair455* · 10-26-2009, 04:33 PM

I did indeed go through many rolls of velvia back in the '90s. I guess I'll hsve to get some more of my favorite images scanned

One of my favorite girls from back then.

RVP 50 Pentax 645 150mm

Swift1 · 10-26-2009, 05:51 PM

This is up in the PPG.

67ii, SMC Takumar 90mm 2.8 LS reverse mounted, set at f/16

Velvia 50. scanned by the local shop with a V700

Swift1

Swift1 · 10-26-2009, 05:54 PM

fs999,
those are great fish-eye shots from the 645n.

Swift1