Kodak Ektachrome E100 vs Fuji Velvia 100
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Kodak Ektachrome E100 and Fujifilm Velvia 100 are great colour slide 100 iso films. In this video, I test them out for landscape photography during sunrise, daytime and sunset light. The locations in this video are Lake Tarawera and Te Puia geothermal park. Lake Tarawera is the home of a volcano called Mount Tarawera and Te Puia has the largest Geyser in the southern hemisphere. My camera of choice for this video is my old Hasselblad 503CW, which is a medium format film camera, it has interchangeable film backs and it makes 6 x 6 square format images. I use my 50mm CFI, 80mm CFE and 150mm CF lenses with my filters, and my light meter is the Sekonic 858D.
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As much as I love Velvia I think Ektachrome comes out on top here, at least for the daytime shots. It’s hard to beat Velvia for sunrise and sunsets.
I like Velvia 50 but 100 is too purple for my liking. I have yet to try the E100, a better comparison is probably E100 vs Provia.
Great video temptation to move my peacefully sitting butt and take a few photos with my Hasselblad. Thank you. Kodak comes off the winner but the evening shot looks better in Fuji. Love your videos so pl keep up the good work.
Bangin shots man 👍 I really appreciate this channel for being subtle and chilled out; less in-your-face egos and more focusing on getting the best shots. Ultimately the pictures are the most important thing.
Thanks Nick 🙏 I really appreciate your comments.
Great video. I have never been a fan of the magenta cast of Velvia 100, but I think in some of your pictures it worked quite well to separate the green and brown tones.
Ektachrome for me . I’m not liking the magenta cast of Fuji
That last velvia shot is a Winner!
I've never cared for the color shift in the shadows for Veelvia, which have a distinct purple shift. It's quite apparent here, but visible in mos Velvia images. Where the greens and browns are prominent, and well lit, Velvia is outstanding. For all-round usage I'd go back to the new Ektachrome from the Provia I used for several years previously.
To my eyes the Velvia looks a bit cartoonish and artificial. Ektachrome looks more natural and still with punchy colors without pushing it over the top.
Fuji Velia and Provia always had magenta cast with long exposures. I see you used ND filters, and all ND filters affect the film color profile. Ektachrome E200 was my favorite film. I am happy Ektachrome E100 is back for now.
Thanks for this compare mate, Kodak is on top now in my opinion. Cheers!
Great video! This makes me want to retire in New Zealand so I can just hike and shoot photos for the rest of my days. To my eye, the Kodak looked much better in the sunrise and daytime photos, the Fuji cast everything strongly violet. At sunset on the other hand, the Fuji really worked and your photos were beautiful, while the Kodak was boring in comparison. Good to know. Thanks!
Thanks Bob
A wonderful landscape! I would also like to take photos there.
Very chill video. I enjoyed watching your journey and seeing the pictures! The purple in the Velvia is very interesting.
Beautiful video! It's interesting to see the difference between the two film stocks.
I definitely preferred the Ektachrome shots
Amazing Set-up for a dreamy but lastly super realistic look.. Thanks @Stephen for this insight :)
thank you for this very informative video with great images.
I personally prefer the Ektachrome, but this may base on my love for Kodachrome, which was my favourite colour film until it was discontinued. And right, it was only available in 135 so that I always used Ektachrome for 120 and 4x5 to coming as close as possible to the „Kodachrome-feeling“.
Best regards to New Zealand, Greg
I find the colors of the Velvia very exaggerated, the Ektachrome is much more true to color. But I think that when it comes to certain motifs in which there is not so much blue, for example, then the Velvia is very suitable, its colors make us dream a little.
With the Velvia I would be afraid to use my Lee filters, which also increase the color intensity.
Thanks so much for the great video Stephen, I remembered the smell right away! My impression of your results is exactly the same as that of my shooting, I don't particularly like the film. In many situations it tips over into the shadows and does not reproduce the colors correctly. Some time ago I used the Velvia 100 shortly after using the Velvia 50 but forgot to switch the light meter. Fortunately, I noticed it after the shoot, so I was able to develop the film with one stop less, the colors were great in this situation and I liked the Velvia 100 very much. I'll have to try this again when I get the chance.
Regards, to NZ, Seb
Thanks Seb, really appreciate the comments.
As the saying goes, YMMV, but I was disappointed with the Velvia 100 color shifts. I have never used E100, but would prefer it over Velvia 100. OTOH, I use and like Provia and will stick with that. Thanks for the testing!
nice one , geezer !! thought each film worked in different shots ... but general leaned more to the slide , liked the look of the mud shots and the sunset shot at the end , very surprised that velvia was the more subtle out of the 2 .... it is a very nice shot !!
Thanks
A fantastic undertaking! I could scarcely tell the difference, much less to pick which is better!
Thank you Rick
It's a matter of taste, but velvia has annoying shadow properties. Great for low contrast situations at times though. Provia in 120 has always been a curly mess for me. Somehow the film never ever dried flat. Have switched back to ektachrome since it was available again in 120. Still have a lot of fuji film in the freezer, but hardy ever use it these days.
Lovely slide film! :)
Keep up the good work!
Thank you 🙏
Great content as always I look forward to your videos. Fan of both Kodak and Fuji, on these I have to go Ektachrome.
Thanks Ron
just stumbled across your channel after a Steve Onions video. When I saw the title I thought surely the Velvia would be on top for all things landscape.... Turns out I preferred the E100 for ever shot but the last. I can see where Velvia has a place. But with limited money and freezer space, perhaps I should consider E100 instead. Thank you and subscribed.
Thanks for watching and subscribing. I’m glad my video was useful for you.
My votes for the Kodak in these shots
That magenta cast of Vevia in that mud picture is horrific. But it looks beautifully balanced in the sunset image. This is where Ektachrome is at a disadvantage.
Nice one mate, must get over to a few of those lakes soon, only about 30mins from where I live at the moment.
Thank mate. I have family there so I go often. I’ll let you know next time I’m in Rotorua and we should catch up. Ewan is based in Rotorua as well.
@@StephenMilner Yep great idea. Look forward to it
Awesome videos! I like the comparison! Just subbed
Thanks, it means a lot.
Whats the point in using mirror lockup and a cable release if your hands are on the camera ha? awesome video man
hi Stephen question: when you shoot with Hassemblad and use a polarizer, how much do you correct the exposure you get with the sekonic? Grazie
1-2 stops
Top work mate can’t pick a winner film wise if pushed I’d go Kodak at a pinch cracking location 📷❤️
Thanks mate
E100 vs Provia please. I personally find Provia to be more natural.
Thanks, it’s on the cards for my next slide film shoot.
Stephen Milner brilliant thanks! Please keep the videos going, especially featuring slide film. I really enjoy them and more people need to know the magic of positive film!
Ektachrome seems to behave more like colour neg film, but Velvia shines during the soft light.
Quite cool to find this video mate… I am a kiwi (grew up in Rotorua / Taupo) and am looking to buy that exact camera and light meter to shoot landscapes and portraits haha. Awesome shots and music man!
Thanks 🙏 Awesome. Where are you now?
@@StephenMilner Auckland now bro :)
The first mountain shot and the geyser shot seem oddly dark in the upper right corners. Almost like a filter problem. In these settings Velvia loses unless you really like purple as a color fetish. Interesting comparisons. Best wishes!
This was my thought also - was the first shot even metered? I know that you have to really nail the exposure for color positive film, but those shadows are completely black. Seems drastically underexposed (which is a look people might dig).
Thanks Stephen for the interesting video. Ektachrome as expected, gives us a lot of blues, while RVP100 has its usual magenta hue. However, the slide films normally need to be reviewed on a light table to compare. What you showed to us are digitally processed images and processing is very subjective technique. Personally I would prefer to see them on a light table first. Last two images (twilight after sunset 12:47) look a bit unexpected - by some reason E100 has more red and magenta. During the twilight the light is changing rapidly, so maybe difference in time played the role. I believe that the twilight and glowing sky it's where RVP100 shines and can easy beat E100. Also, the general technique to shoot slide film - it's bracketing. If you shift you exposure for +/- 0.5 stop you could see different result (even manufacturing tolerances allow +/- 0.3 misalignment). Yesterday I went to shoot sunrise with my Contax 645 and have RVP50 and E100 for test. Will see what I'll get. And thanks for the Mount Tarawera story.
Stephen, Appreciate the video. I'm a noob to serious slide shooting (and that means anything other than 35mm!). Are you exposing for the highlights and under exposing a half stop or stop to save the highlights? Or just exposing for the highlights and letting the shadows fall where they will?
Thanks again!
Hey, I use a meter that allows me to take and memorise more than one reading and average them out. I meter for the shadows, then for the highlights and average them out. Then I check where my mid tone is and adjust accordingly with exposure compensation.
@@StephenMilner ah ok so the steps are find shadows and highlight, average them out for shutter, then check for midtowns and go +/- for EC. Do you always go + or does going either way depend on the situation?
Thats it...
I can’t think of a time where I have gone -
Depending on the dynamic range of the scene and the type of slide film you are using, you will most likely need a 2 or 3 stop medium or hard edge grad filter...
@@StephenMilner appreciate the responses. Shot plenty of Kodachrome in Iraq and Afghanistan. Moving on to 120 and 4x5 in chromes is a new level of awesome. Thanks.
For me I think the Fuji was the most natural looking of the two. The Kodak seemed way more saturated especially in the sunset images. That surprises me as I have always thought of the Fuji's as being the more saturated films.
Velvia 50 > Velvia 100 imo, great stuff as always Stephen!
Edit: also the crop factor for 6x6 is .55 not .5 as with 6x7, not much of a difference but for future reference (50 =27.5 not 25)
Thank you 🙏
Like velvia
Velvia wins clearly both at dawn and sunset
Completely wrong subject [mud] to showcase these films
Fuji never knew how to make color film. Always this dominant purple that they have never been able to remove. This was the worst color film with Perutz and his green dominant. Even Orwo the Soviet film at the time had more natural colors than Fuji. It's less serious today with computers, but in the days of film you had to be color blind to buy Fuji. Surprising from a country that is the world's leading producer of cameras.