FUJI FILM fortia 50

Review

“Fujichrome Fortia” is a color reversal film released by Fujifilm in 2004 with the catchphrase “ultra-high saturation, ultra-vivid colors.”

Information about this film is no longer available on the Fujifilm website, but can be found on internet media and photography enthusiast pages at the time of its release.
At that time, you could buy a reversal film for about 1,000 yen, so I bought a box of 5 films and shot them because of the limited edition. The fact that the color saturation is higher than that of Velvia 50 is not just an imitation, but the color is so intense that it could be called a false color, making it a memorable piece.

The photos introduced in the gallery were taken at Korakuen in Koishikawa, just around the time of autumn leaves in Tokyo.
Red is a fiery vermilion, blue, and green are also highly saturated colors. And, perhaps due to the effect of the lens, the blacks fall flat without stickiness, creating a dramatic landscape.
Although this film ended up being a limited edition product without becoming a standard, it was a valuable experience to be able to play with it at a time when products like this were on the market.

The camera was KONICA HEXAR-RF, and the lens was KONICA KL-HEXANON 60mm, a bright lens that I think was a good combination for using this ISO50 film. I was able to maintain a sufficient shutter speed even when the sun went down and the amount of light decreased. As expected, in the shade, the shutter speed was slow and some photos were shaky.

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