AshigrainColour reversal · 2000–2005
Fujifilm Provia 400F
Fine-grained slides at daylight 400.
Fujifilm Provia 400F in Reversal mode. Original vs Ashigrain.
At a glance
- Exposure index
- 400
- Daylight
- Introduced
- 2000
- Discontinued
- Process
- E-6
- Prints on
- Reversal, viewed directly
About the film
Fujichrome Provia 400F Professional is a daylight ISO 400 colour reversal film with the code RHP III. Fujifilm's research paper says the company released Provia 100F and 400F in summer 2000.
The maker presented them as a new fine-grain generation of reversal films. Fujifilm listed news, sports, model, fashion, landscape and product photography among 400F's professional applications. Its data sheet gives compatibility with E-6, Fujifilm CR-56 and Fuji/Hunt C6R processing. It lists 135, long rolls and 120 on cellulose triacetate, with an RMS granularity headline of 13 under the stated measuring conditions. Fujifilm announced Provia 400X as its replacement in February 2006, explicitly naming 400F as the predecessor. Provia 400F is discontinued, but that announcement does not independently date the last coating or sale of the F film.
Sources for this history
- FUJICHROME PROVIA 400F Professional [RHPIII] Data Sheet, FUJIFILM Corporation
- Development of Super High Image Quality Color Reversal Films FUJICHROME PROVIA 100F and 400F, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Hideo Ikeda et al.)
- Fujichrome Provia 400X Professional Film (Fujifilm press release), Photography Blog, reproducing Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.
The look
Fujichrome Provia 400F is a daylight ISO 400 slide film, coded RHP III, for E-6 or compatible Fujifilm processing. Fujifilm offered it for news, sport, fashion, landscapes and products. It defaults to Reversal mode, with grain modelled from its own net-density RMS 13 headline.
Best for
- News and sport in daylight
- Fashion work needing 400-speed film
- Landscape and product slides
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FilmSpeedGrain, RMS σD · lower means finer grainYears made
Ansco Color Negative 843Ansco Color Negative 843−4⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 16−4⅔ stops.0041951
Gevacolor Negative T 6.51Gevacolor Negative T 6.51−4⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 16−4⅔ stops.0071951
Technicolor Process IITechnicolor Process II−4⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 16−4⅔ stops.0191922
Trucolor (two-colour)Trucolor (two-colour)−4⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 16−4⅔ stops.0191945
Kodak Kodachrome 25Kodak Kodachrome 25−4 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 25−4 stops.0141974
Agfacolor Typ 432Agfacolor Typ 432−3⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 32−3⅔ stops.0071962
Kodak Aerochrome III 1443Kodak Aerochrome III 1443−3⅓ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 40−3⅓ stops.0292001
Kodak Vision3 50DKodak Vision3 50DMade since 2011, in production · −3 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 50−3 stops.0042011–
Fujifilm Velvia 50Fujifilm Velvia 50Made since 2007, in production · −3 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 50−3 stops.0112007–
Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50−3 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 50−3 stops.0041995
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50−3 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 50−3 stops.0111998
Konica Impresa 50Konica Impresa 50−3 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 50−3 stops.0051998
Fujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type IIFujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type II−2⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 64−2⅔ stops.0132002
Kodak Kodachrome 64Kodak Kodachrome 64Made 1974–2009 · −2⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 64−2⅔ stops.0161974–2009
Polaroid Type 669Polaroid Type 669−2⅓ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 80−2⅓ stops.0231981
Ilford Ortho PlusIlford Ortho PlusMade since 1997, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 80−2⅓ stops.0131997–
Kodak Ektar 100Kodak Ektar 100Made since 2008, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0052008–
Kodak Ektachrome 100DKodak Ektachrome 100DMade since 2018, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0132018–
Lucky Super GBR 100Lucky Super GBR 100−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0052001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0052002
Fujifilm Astia 100FFujifilm Astia 100FMade 2003–2012 · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0112003–12
Fujifilm Velvia 100Fujifilm Velvia 100Made since 2003, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0112003–
Kodak Ektachrome E100SKodak Ektachrome E100S−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0151996
Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0051998
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0111998
Kodak Ektachrome E100VSKodak Ektachrome E100VS−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain the sameEI 100−2 stops.0171998
Fujifilm Provia 100FFujifilm Provia 100FMade since 2000, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0102000–
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 100−2 stops.0181988
Fujifilm FP-100CFujifilm FP-100CMade 1992–2016 · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 100−2 stops.0221992–2016
Lomography Redscale XR 50-200Lomography Redscale XR 50-200−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0052025
Fomapan R 100Fomapan R 100Made since 1980, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 100−2 stops.0211980–
Kodak T-Max 100Kodak T-Max 100Made since 1986, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0081986–
Ilford Delta 100Ilford Delta 100Made since 1992, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0071992–
Agfa Agfapan APX 100Agfa Agfapan APX 100−2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0071998
Fomapan 100 ClassicFomapan 100 ClassicMade since 2016, in production · −2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 100−2 stops.0122016–
Eastman Color Negative 5247Eastman Color Negative 5247−1⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 125−1⅔ stops.0051983
Kodak Technical PanKodak Technical Pan−1⅔ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 125−1⅔ stops.0081977
Kodak Portra 160Kodak Portra 160Made since 2011, in production · −1⅓ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 160−1⅓ stops.0062011–
Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160−1⅓ stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 160−1⅓ stops.0061995
Kodak Vision3 200TKodak Vision3 200TMade since 2010, in production · −1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 200−1 stop.0062010–
Kodak Verita 200DKodak Verita 200DMade since 2026, in production · −1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 200−1 stop.0062026–
Kodak Gold 200Kodak Gold 200Made since 2007, in production · −1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 200−1 stop.0082007–
Lucky Super GBR 200Lucky Super GBR 200−1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 200−1 stop.0072001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200−1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 200−1 stop.0052002
Kodak Ektachrome E200Kodak Ektachrome E200−1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 200−1 stop.0181997
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200−1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 200−1 stop.0141998
Kodak Kodachrome 200Kodak Kodachrome 200−1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 200−1 stop.0271986
Harman Phoenix 200Harman Phoenix 200−1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 200−1 stop.0072023
Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Made since 2003, in production · −1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 200−1 stop.0242003–
Kodak Vision3 250DKodak Vision3 250DMade since 2009, in production · −⅔ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 250−⅔ stop.0062009–
Fujifilm Eterna 250Fujifilm Eterna 250−⅔ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 250−⅔ stop.0052006
Fujifilm Eterna 250DFujifilm Eterna 250DMade 2005–2013 · −⅔ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 250−⅔ stop.0052005–13
Kodak Vision 250DKodak Vision 250DMade 1997–2005 · −⅔ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 250−⅔ stop.0071997–2005
Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Made since 2009, in production · −⅔ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 250−⅔ stop.0132009–
Eastman Double-X 5222Eastman Double-X 5222Made since 1960, in production · −⅔ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 250−⅔ stop.0131960–
ORWO Wolfen NC400ORWO Wolfen NC400same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0052022
Kodak Portra 400Kodak Portra 400Made since 2010, in production · same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0072010–
ORWO Wolfen NC500ORWO Wolfen NC500same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0062022
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0062004
Fujifilm Pro 400HFujifilm Pro 400HMade 2004–2021 · same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0052004–21
Kodak Ektachrome 400XKodak Ektachrome 400Xsame speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 400same speed.0371992
Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0052006
LomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissedLomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissedsame speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0052024
Kodak Tri-X 400Kodak Tri-X 400Made since 1954, in production · same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain the sameEI 400same speed.0171954–
Kodak T-Max 400Kodak T-Max 400Made since 2007, in production · same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0102007–
Ilford HP5 PlusIlford HP5 PlusMade since 1989, in production · same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0161989–
Ilford Delta 400Ilford Delta 400Made since 2002, in production · same speed vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 400same speed.0102002–
Kodak Vision3 500TKodak Vision3 500TMade since 2007, in production · +⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 500+⅓ stop.0072007–
Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Made 2009–2013 · +⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 500+⅓ stop.0052009–13
Kodak Vision2 500TKodak Vision2 500T+⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 500+⅓ stop.0092009
Fujicolor Reala 500DFujicolor Reala 500D+⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 500+⅓ stop.0052001
Kodak Vision2 Expression 500TKodak Vision2 Expression 500T+⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 500+⅓ stop.0092003
Fujifilm Eterna 500Fujifilm Eterna 500Made 2004–2013 · +⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 500+⅓ stop.0052004–13
Anscochrome D/500Anscochrome D/500+⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 500+⅓ stop.0381967
Eastman EXR 500TEastman EXR 500TMade 1989–1995 · +⅓ stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 500+⅓ stop.0081989–95
Kodak Portra 800Kodak Portra 800Made since 2000, in production · +1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 800+1 stop.0092000–
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800+1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 800+1 stop.0072004
Kodak Vision 800TKodak Vision 800T+1 stop vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 800+1 stop.0101998
Konica Centuria Super 1600Konica Centuria Super 1600+2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain finerEI 1600+2 stops.0072002
Kodak Ektachrome P1600Kodak Ektachrome P1600+2 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 1600+2 stops.0501999
Kodak T-Max P3200Kodak T-Max P3200Made since 1988, in production · +3 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 3200+3 stops.0181988–
Ilford Delta 3200Ilford Delta 3200Made since 1998, in production · +3 stops vs Fujifilm Provia 400F · grain coarserEI 3200+3 stops.0191998–
Science & sources
Its tone, sensitivity and individual dye spectra come from Fujifilm's AF3-066E sheet. A single MTF curve is used on all layers, the coincident green and blue tone tails are completed from red samples, and the reversal base spectrum is assumed. Grain uses its own net-density RMS 13 headline; push processing is generic.
Response curves and the evidence behind the model
Compare manufacturer data with Ashigrain’s response on the same axes. These curves show how the model is calibrated to its sources; they do not establish a match to photographed film.
Characteristic response
RMS granularity
Density variation (σD) measured through a 48 µm aperture. Where the datasheet gives a single grain value, the response away from that point is an approximation.
| Channel | Density | Datasheet-based σD | Model σD |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 0.3 | 0.00696 | 0.006889 |
| G | 0.3 | 0.004809 | 0.004766 |
| B | 0.3 | 0.008276 | 0.008182 |
| R | 0.6 | 0.013752 | 0.013612 |
| G | 0.6 | 0.009935 | 0.009847 |
| B | 0.6 | 0.019571 | 0.01935 |
| R | 1 | 0.020668 | 0.020457 |
| G | 1 | 0.016784 | 0.016634 |
| B | 1 | 0.032791 | 0.032421 |
| R | 1.5 | 0.0308 | 0.030486 |
| G | 1.5 | 0.025582 | 0.025354 |
| B | 1.5 | 0.05216 | 0.051571 |
| R | 2 | 0.03538 | 0.035019 |
| G | 2 | 0.033496 | 0.033198 |
| B | 2 | 0.071102 | 0.070299 |
Model limits
These images show the film model in use. Spectral response, lighting and viewing conditions include approximations. Halation, bloom, grain size, weave and flicker are not fully measured for each film. The look of real film also depends on development and print timing.
- Custom lighting spectra, camera metering and the spectral reflectance inferred from fixed-white-balance footage are assumptions used by the model, not measurements of this film.
- Conversion-filter spectra (80A for daylight films under tungsten, 85 for tungsten films in daylight) come from separate measured filter data, not from this film’s source. Applying those filters to this film remains modelled.
- The source publishes only RMS granularity 13 × 10⁻³ at net visual diffuse density 1.0, measured with a 48 µm aperture. Its response at other densities is modelled with a square-root density law.
- The sheet prints separate cyan, magenta and yellow dye spectra but no neutral or minimum-density spectrum. The reversal base-density spectrum is assumed.
- The green and blue characteristic tails meet the red curve at log H −1.4379. Their shared tail is completed with coincident red-curve samples rather than independent green and blue measurements.
- The source prints one visual MTF curve, not separate red, green and blue curves. The model applies it to all three layers.
- The MTF chart ends at about 69 cycles/mm; higher-frequency behaviour is not measured.
- The sheet describes −½ to +3 stops of push/pull, and up to +3½ stops for suitable subjects, but prints no pushed curves. Push and pull use a generic model.
- Reciprocity uses the p.3 daylight free range ending at 32 s, not the separate 64 s fluorescent-light instruction on p.2.
- The sheet prints reciprocity corrections at a few exposure times; the correction between them is interpolated, and the colour-compensating filter it prescribes is taken at its nominal value.
- The printed MTF rises above 100 %, which the model renders as a development adjacency effect. Its width, amplitude and dependence on density and development are not published and are approximated.
- The adjacency fit uses two parameters per layer and cannot follow every printed MTF sample. Its dependence on local density differences is also assumed.
- The printed antihalation layer is documented, but its strength, radius, layer weights and bloom response are not measured.
- Uneven dye-chart gridlines leave about 1.5 nm of wavelength-axis uncertainty. Only one vector edition is available, with no independent digitisation-error estimate.
- The sheet gives different support thicknesses for 135 and 120 film. This preview uses the 135-format value of 127 µm.
- The physical dye-cloud or grain-clump size is inferred from the film's speed class, not measured for this film.
- Individual dye amounts, layer interactions and push/pull behaviour are approximated where the datasheet provides no calibration. Grain size is assumed; published RMS granularity does not specify dye-cloud size.
- Characteristic response outside the published exposure range is an extrapolation, not measured film data.
- Halation strength, radius and layer weights are not quantified by the datasheet. The effect of removing antihalation and the bloom response are also approximations.
- The available sources do not measure veiling flare during projection. The model approximates its contribution to lifted blacks on screen, so the result is not a measured projection contrast.
Reciprocity: modelled from 1/4000 s to 240 s, following the datasheet's corrections for long and short exposures. Exposure time stops at the ends of that range.
Film guide: assumptions and practical choices
Sources
- Exposure index: FUJICHROME PROVIA 400F Professional [RHPIII] Data Sheet, AF3-066E (EIGI-03.1-HB), p. 1
- Process: FUJICHROME PROVIA 400F Professional [RHPIII] Data Sheet, AF3-066E (EIGI-03.1-HB), p. 3
- Diffuse RMS granularity: FUJICHROME PROVIA 400F Professional [RHPIII] Data Sheet, AF3-066E (EIGI-03.1-HB), p. 5
- Characteristic curves: FUJICHROME PROVIA 400F Professional [RHPIII] Data Sheet, AF3-066E (EIGI-03.1-HB), p. 6