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alexmuir
27th February 2013, 10:52 PM
I have some Velvia 50 and 100 which I would like to cross-process in C41. I will get a lab to do the processing, but wondered what film speed to use for each film. If anyone has tried this, I would welcome their experience and advice. Thanks, Alex.

Domingo
28th February 2013, 10:26 AM
Alex, why do you want to process the Velvia 50 that way? don't you think it's a good enough film developed as positive film?

marty
28th February 2013, 10:55 AM
For RVP50 expose at box speed and develop 1 stop push. Depending on the subject this gave me manageable contrast, negatives that I could print that is. These negatives have a green cast that can be tamed to an extent, but not totally corrected. This, to my taste, works with some pictures and not with some other. For example I don't like landscapes done this way as they look too unnatural to my eyes. Flowers work good, also cityscape and colorful compositions, even portraits.
I managed to get some usable shots from a roll metered at EI320 by mistake and consequently given a 3 stop push, and this really surprised me as all I expected was a near blank film ...

Cheers, M.

alexmuir
28th February 2013, 11:23 AM
Hi, Domingo. I have a lot of this film I bought at a low price. I wanted to try cross-processing, but expect to use most of the film in the normal way.
Marty, thanks for the advice. Your comments about subject matter are very helpful. Since the film is 120, I don't want to bracket if I can avoid it. I will use your recommended procedure and see how it goes. I saw some examples of cross-processed images exhibited locally and the effects were quite nice. They were urban subjects, rather than traditional landscapes. Thanks for the replies, Alex.

Red Ostravak
8th March 2013, 07:40 AM
There is something what I learned about Xpro...

It depends on a weather (. Nominal ISO on direct sunlight seems to be over the maximum level. Such as those pictures on velvia 100...

Velvia 100 - direct sunlight (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P4hphUZPEXc/S9bKuwLfNtI/AAAAAAAAAXI/yi6LNpLtpGo/s720/FujiVelvia_0008.jpg)

Velvia 100 - better one (https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AvSkvKLsp1E/S9bKuFG7kzI/AAAAAAAAAW8/jnuBSqdCCh8/s720/FujiVelvia_0005.jpg)

But on cloudy it sometimes looks like the darks touching the mids...you know darks swallow the shadows...

like here -> Velvia 100 - on SupraEndura RA4 (https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jMWuqye-sGc/TAuWay4b-2I/AAAAAAAAAew/V2_q4qmsUJc/s1000/VELVIA_120_filtrace_4.JPG)

So my experiences are that you need to do precision exposure as you can do...whites eat the sky and darks swallow the shadows (.

RED