Photo Dump: Harman Phoenix 200
As I am writing this, the Harman Phoenix 200 isn’t quite new any more. So I don’t really have anything to say about the stock that hasn’t been said by people way wiser than me. It came at an interesting time, when Kodak is busy raising prices for its lineup while killing the re-spooling business of its cinema stocks; and Fujifilm seems all to happy to kill its offerings one by one. Don’t be surprised if it changed its name to FujiDigi or whatever the hell they’ve come up with.
Back to the stock, the ISO 200 colour negative offers very little exposure latitude, I mean very little. In a contrasty scene, if your highlight is properly exposed, expect your shadows to fall into the abyss. It is very grainy for an ISO200 stock, and it has red halation. It’s a lo-fi film. I won’t use it for spy work, or documentation work for sure. But it can be a fun one to play with. And of course it’s a welcomed new addition in the increasingly expensive world of film photography. I’ve shot around Dublin with the stock and here are some of them:
That’s about it. I like the stock, and I will shoot it from time to time if I can get my hands on more rolls. It’s the Portra or the Superia, sure. But diversity and affordability rule!
See ya!
Thanks, that was useful: it will spare me the trouble. I don’t care for the red tint, so I would prefer the same with Ultramax, or Fuji Pro 400H but Fuji prefers to play with Instax than to give that back to us, or Neopan 1600. Nice shots nevertheless.
As someone who loves photography but is not
knowledgeable about cameras and process, I still understood what you were saying. That shadow
disrupts things, but these are still interesting pics.
Thanks.