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Fuji Astia100
Fujifilm Fujichrome Astia 100F was a professional E6 reversal (slide) film available in 135 and 120 formats, renowned for its exceptionally soft, natural skin tone rendering and low contrast. It was the preferred choice of portrait and fashion photographers shooting transparency film.
Key specs
- Brand
- Fuji
- Model
- Astia100
- ISO
- 100
- Process
- E6
- Formats
- 135, 120
- Production status
- Discontinued
- Introduced
- 2001
- Discontinued
- 2013
Grain
very fine for ISO 100 slide film
Contrast
low to moderate
Saturation
moderate, understated
Latitude
Unknown
Technical details
Handling notes
Profile notes
Fujifilm Fujichrome Astia 100F (RDP III successor) was introduced as a refined professional slide film optimized for portrait and fashion work. Unlike the hyper-saturated Velvia series, Astia was designed with a notably lower contrast curve and gentle saturation that preserved subtle skin tone gradations without the harsh greens and reds of other slide emulsions. It offered fine grain at ISO 100 and wide exposure latitude by slide film standards — approximately ±1.5 stops. Astia 100F was produced in 135 and 120 (medium format) sizes, popular with fashion, beauty, and editorial photographers. Fujifilm discontinued Astia 100F in 2013 as the professional slide film market contracted with the widespread adoption of digital capture. No direct successor replaced it in Fujifilm's lineup.
Aliases
Fujichrome Astia 100FRDP IIIAstia 100FFuji Astia
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