My first roll of Harman Phoenix 200!
The day of Harman Photos release of a brand new color negative film, Phoenix 200, I went and ordered two rolls at the nearest store that carried it (thank you Brooklyn Film Camera) and patiently waited until it arrived at my doorstep. While I waited, I reviewed some of the photos from the pre-release testers so I could find out what I would shoot with these two rolls and more importantly, where? Looking at the scans online, I could see that everyone was getting mixed results. The film was described by Harman as being a high contrast “experimental” color film and depending on your scanning method, you may see different results. So much so that you’ll need to change your settings on the scanner your lab uses. The emulsion outside of the box is a yellowish color and when developed it changes to purple. My guess is that since it has no brown hint to the film, this causes the scanners to get confused during the conversion process. Which is very prevalent on everyone else’s photos. Literally anything can really change the final outcome of your scans. What ISO you shoot it at (base ISO of 200), what kind of conditions you shoot it at (sunny, cloudy, high-contrast scenes, ect) and how its scanned. My favorite photos that I saw with this film was by three popular Youtubers, Grainydays, Bad Flashes & Kyle Mcdougall. Oddly enough all three of these guys home scanned their negatives and converted them with Negative Lab Pro. In my case I sent my first roll into The Darkroom as they were the day one lab that Harman Photo taught how to properly convert these negatives. I have to say that i’m excited for the future of film photography and I’m glad that companies like Harman have all of our backs. If you haven’t bought a roll, please do so. Support these guys so they can continue evolving this!
Now here are my photos of my buddies Nissan hardbody minitruck at a location called “Ruins Hall” in Glen Rock, PA. A graffiti packed location that’s open for photographers and the local community. I haven’t touched any of these photos in post and I decided to shoot this at ISO 100. The camera used is my Canon EOS Rebel Ti and paired with it is my Sigma 18-35 f1.8. What do you think of these photos? Personally I was proud that the location and subject matter matched the look that I got with my film. I might look into home scanning these in the future to see what look I get then. Until then, enjoy these photos!
