the new Velvia 50

[photophorous]

I love having time off at Christmas. I went out a few days ago in search of color, because I got a few rolls of the new Velvia 50 to try. Luckily with this film, a little color goes a long way.

These are also some of the first shots I've gotten back from the manual focus Minolta kit that I've been building. All of these shots were taken with a Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 50mm f1.4 lens that I got from KEH for $18. What do you think? Worth 18 bucks?

Paul

[photophorous]

...and here's a few more. All but the first one were taken with the same 50mm lens, but the first shot was taken with a 24mm MC Rokkor, which was not quite as cheap, but seems to be a great lens.

Thanks for looking.

Paul

[walterick]

Nice shooting. How do you like the new 50? Is it much changed from the original?

Nice deal on that 50mm 1.4. That should turn out to be a nice lens. I like the shot of the shot of the leaves and rocks in the water best.

Rick

[photophorous]

Thanks, Rick. I like the film, but I never tried the old Velvia 50, only 100F. The colors are not as over-the-top as I was expecting from reading what others have said about it. This is just my first roll, but I really can't tell what's different in comparison to 100F.

I can't believe how good this 50mm lens is for so cheap. I think this Minolta kit will be great for landscapes.

Paul

[Xia_Ke]

...The colors are not as over-the-top as I was expecting from reading what others have said about it...

That was my first thought when I opened this thread. I was expecting them to be a bit more vivid and saturated. Some nice shots though Paul I particularly like the barbwire shot :thumbsup:

[awboy]

Nice shooting. How do you like the new 50? Is it much changed from the original?

Nice deal on that 50mm 1.4. That should turn out to be a nice lens. I like the shot of the shot of the leaves and rocks in the water best.

Rick

My favorite shot too.

How are you converting them to digital? I bet they look better straight on the slides. Still, those are some amazing pictures.

[Axle]

The new Velvia is a nice film, I recently ran a roll through my F80 using the Nikkor AF-D 24mm f/2.8, Nikkor AF-G 50mm f/1.8, and the Tameron 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6


With the 11-18


With the 50


With the 24

[photophorous]

...How are you converting them to digital? I bet they look better straight on the slides. Still, those are some amazing pictures.

Thanks, awboy. I tried my best to get them to look as close to the slides as possible, but it's never exact. These were scanned with a Nikon Coolscan V.

[photophorous]

The new Velvia is a nice film, I recently ran a roll through my F80 using the Nikkor AF-D 24mm f/2.8, Nikkor AF-G 50mm f/1.8, and the Tameron 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6


With the 11-18


With the 50


With the 24

I definitely like this film, but I'll have to do a more direct comparison between it and 100F to see which I like more. Thanks for posting some more shots. I like that "Hall" shot a lot.