Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

What (if anyone is still doing it) is the preferred film for landscape photography. Most of my stuff is beach water sunrise/sunset. Currently using Velvia 50, but thinking I need something a bit faster.

Other options?

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Velvia 100 is pretty much the only alternative. All Kodak slide film is gone. You could use color negative film like Ektar. Ferrania is supposed to be coming out with new color slide film including fast emulsions but they are behind schedule.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Velvia 100 it is...thank you.

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

You may also want to look at Rollei Digibase but it is expensive. It is a 200 ISO film. Provia 100 is nice too but both are more subtle than Velvia

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Provide 100 is also a very good choice.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

There is Velvia 100, Kodak Portra 400 and 800, oh well, all kind of films at all speeds. The choice is yours!

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

Provia would be good, but velvia 50 is a hard act to follow :)

jeryh Loc: Oxfordshire UK

You can use Fuji 100 asa for landscapes; I use it all the time- it is slightly cooler than 50 asa, but not much. And you can get Agfa precisa which is cheaper, but the effects are the same.

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

Velvia 50 stands alone in its saturation and balance. Its the best there is until proven otherwise. You will pay a price for increased speed.

ssymeono Loc: St. Louis, Missouri

Some people have saved in their freezers Kodak/Portra 160NC/400/800, some of the best ever, along with Fuji/Velvia 50 and 100 or NPH 400. These films worked magic when used with Linhof 6X17, Mamiya and other medium format cameras. Ironically, the quality of film was best at the time digital took over.

Kuzano

Off on a tangent.... Portra has a nice range to 800. yes. Speed not as limited as commonly imagined, and the resurgence of film has some new emulsions introduced, along with some old emulsions revived. Keep eye open on this. You may want to look at the APUG web site which is large format, or www.rangefinderforum.com....

Lot's of MF activity there.

What I want to mention here is that you mention landscapes and I like panoramic landscapes.

I was on the verge of pulling the trigger on about $2500 of 6X17 equipment, but I gotta say, I'm a real cheapskate.

So, I started shooting two and three frames overlapped with my Fujica G690 6X9. Then I send the film to ProPhoto Supply in Portland, for processing and Hi rez scanning (I usually just get the overlapped frames scanned by specifying frame numbers)

Then when I get the negs and scans back, I load the scans into my computer. Then I stitch the frames with Pano software, although Elements and Windows Live Photo Gallery have good stitch features.

It's been working well and I can get close to 6X17 with two properly overlapped 6X9's, and close to 6X24 with three.

And, I'm doing this with a less than $500 camera.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

I shot with a Pentax 6x7 back in the ‘80’s. I used Velvia exclusively, with awesome results.
If you want to see it really explode at you, pull it a stop and shoot it at ISO 40.

Velvia 100 did not exist then so when speed was an issue I shot Fuji RDP (Provia 100).

These films did to nature and landscapes what Kodachrome did to blue sky a water.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Meter like it is set for 50 and then set the ISO at 40? or is there something else that I need to do to the exposure.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Set the ISO to 40 & meter at 40.
Process normally at 50.

I learned to play with it a little. Nudge it up and down a 1/3 stop until you find a sweet spot you like.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Couldn't hurt to try...hell, it'll turn out better than the couple of times I loaded the film incorrectly and lost the whole roll...doh!