Expiry unknown, provenance unknown — what else is new. But I tell you what: this stuff is in great shape!
Shot +1/3EV and first developer for 9m45s instead of 9m15s, so I was hedging towards it having lost a bit of sensitivity but some shots came out so well I'm mad at myself for treating it as a test roll!
I'm pretty sure Fujifilm is still making Velvia 100 (though it's Fujifilm, so that could change any day now) but they won't distribute it in the US because it contains some chemical we decided was bad in 2021. ISO 50 Velvia is still available, though a 35mm roll will run you $30 or more (meanwhile you can get a pro-pack of 5 medium format rolls for $70 for some reason.)
Besides just testing the film stock, the back half of this roll was me testing a new lens—the first time I think I've bought what can best be characterized as a "gimmick lens"—a TTartisan 100mm f/2.8. It's a cheap $155 knock-off of the Meyer-Optik Goerlitz Trioplan; the official modern re-design of which retails for about $1,000.
I need some more time with it to form a full opinion but here are the high level takeaways: the bubbles are exactly like they should be, but the lens is Barbara Walters Interview levels of soft until you get to f/4 where it's probably fine for cohost or instagram-scale digital reproductions. You need f/5.6 or smaller to get anything even approaching "acceptable" in the modern lens landscape. This can be rough since bubbles get smaller as you tighten the aperture, but it does have 13 blades in the diaphragm so even as you stop down they remain nice and circular without turning into hexgaons or octagons.
I think you'll find that shooting handheld for ISO 80 it's a rare opportunity to comfortably use a 100mm lens at f/5.6, though, so not a great lens/film pairing here.
CineStill D9 1+1 (9m:45s @ 104F) => CineStill Cr6 (8m @ 104F)
Konica Minolta DiMAGE SE5400II => VueScan => RawTherapee 5.9

