Slide sharpness

[bishy]

Hello,

I gather Velvia 50 is the sharpest available slide film on the market. Could anyone please advise on the sharpest 100 speed slide film available?

Thank you.

[keithwms]

That would probably be Astia 100f. I don't know whether it's the sharpest, but it is arguably the best in terms of colour rendition, grain and tonality.

[benjiboy]

What's wrong with Velvia 100F ?

[keithwms]

I prefer v100 among the velvias... but astia is tops in my opinion.

[keithwms]

P.S. If you go through Fuji's charts you can look for "resolving power".... that plus RMS grain are the things to look for.

[Photo Engineer]

Then compare that to EKTAR 100.

PE

[keithwms]

I dunno Ron, when I project ektar, something doesn't look right

[Photo Engineer]

Maybe you have a negative impression!

PE

[Pupfish]

As a practical matter I find Astia to be equivalent or even sharper than Velvia because it enables shooting in higher contrast ratio lighting than Velvia 50. (Also true of Ektar and Pro 160S.)

[keithwms]

Maybe you have a negative impression!

PE

I find that when I project it and stare really hard at it for, oh, 20 minutes, and then close my eyes, then it looks like something.