Veilvia 100

[JonathanJ]

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A couple of months ago, I purchased 10 rolls of Velvia 100 from a dealer in Japan.  

I love Velvia 50, and I wanted to try the 100.  When I saw it on eBay, I jumped at it, because it is just so hard sometimes to pick up color positive film.

I’m in the United States and, unfortunately, I did not realize that you cannot develop Velvia 100 in the US.  An EPA thing.  So now I have 10 rolls in the freezer (fortunately, not expiring until January, 2026), and I have no idea what to do with them.  

Anybody else in a similar predicament?  Is there a good overseas lab that will process the film and mail the positives back?  Any recommendations would be appreciated.

 

Thanks!

 

[lincoln_m]

Velvia is E-6 processing and this place in N.C. Does it. TheAshevilleDarkroom.com

 

[JonathanJ]

Thanks.  It’s E6, but the EPA has banned developing Velvia 100 (but Velvia 50 is OK).  

[gbealnz]

I'm not in the US, but can't fathom why one film has been singled out, where others are OK to process. It's E-6, and shouldn't matter if it's Velvia 50, or Velvia 100.

Given the availability of E-6 processing kits, you could always process it yourself.

Excuse my ignorance, but who is "the EPA"?

Have you asked the company that "lincoln_m" linked to? There is nothing I could find on their site that differentiated between the Velvia derivatives.

[otto.f]

When it comes to magenta cast they could better have banned the 50 than the 100.

[lincoln_m]

https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/business/professional-photography/film/velvia-100

well it seems there is a very small amount of a nasty chemical in Velvia 100 that the USA Environment Protection Agency doesn’t want to be released by the use and processing of Velvia 100.

 

[adan]

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On 6/25/2025 at 9:48 PM, gbealnz said:

Excuse my ignorance, but who is "the EPA"?

Equivalent to the NZ/Aotearoa EPA - you do know who they are, right?

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Authority_(New_Zealand)

On 6/25/2025 at 4:04 PM, JonathanJ said:

Is there a good overseas lab that will process the film and mail the positives back?

Well, presumably in Japan 🤪 - but Canada is closer and has E6 labs and no apparent restrictions on Velvia 100.

The Canadian contingent on this forum may have recommendations, but in general: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=E6+processors+in+Canada&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8