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Velvia 50 – filter needed for longer exposures?
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Hi folks,
First outing into slide film. Decided landscapes, get Fuji Velvia 50. Ordered off 7day shop. Then decided to do my research :oops:
Wikipedia warns of colour casts, especially with longer exposures. I guess we are talking in multiple seconds here. Do I need to use a filter with it? Also any other things to watch out for?
Had a look at Ciaran post, and got some tips from that.I gather Velvia is a E6 process film. Any recommendations on where to get processed (at a reasonable price as early days!), I see Spectra process E6 for ?7 (?10 with mount), but I am sure there are better? Also is it an option to get the slides scanned in at development or better get the keepers at a later date (I shouldn’t be thinking digital, but you know how it is
:roll: ).Thanks!!! :)
Just been checking out another thread and have downloaded a .pdf of the Fujifilm Datasheet – very handy – lots of info there.
Still, if anybody has personal experience, tricks and tips, please share!
Not sure about the new Velvia 50 but the original Velvia 50 required some adjustments (including the addition of a CC20M filter) to counteract reciprocity failure for exposures over 4s as follows
Measured Exposure/Actual Exposure
4s/5s
8s/12s
15s/28s
30s/65s
60s/150sCool, thanks Thorsten (once again). It’s the old stock (7dayshop have it on offer). Don’t think the new stuff is available yet? Will print that out and put it in the camera holder!
On the slow speeds there are some colour casts on exposures greater than 2 seconds, however i i found the casts pleasing especialy on some forest and river shots. Do bracket on the slower speeds as exposure becomes a little erattic. Agree with Thorstens timings, but id still bracket, you might get lucky and get a good abstract.
For processing id suggest the lab in Merrion square, Repro i think its called., its just beyond the FAI offices in a basement. Good quality work but not cheap.
When I used Velvia 50 previously, the advice given to me was to rate the ISO as 40. This in turn helped with exposure, but dont know if its sufficent to give it that extra on longer exposures?
steelydan wrote:
When I used Velvia 50 previously, the advice given to me was to rate the ISO as 40. This in turn helped with exposure, but dont know if its sufficent to give it that extra on longer exposures?
⅓ stop would not be sufficient for longer exposures. In any case, one should always determine their own working EI through testing, rather than taking advice like that at face value (although it is a very good starting point) as there are other variables that need to be accounted for when shooting.
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