After being disappointed with Phoenix II in 35mm but reading that it people were getting better results in 120 format I decided to give it a go, and they were right!

Still has that slightly pastel colour palette but the image quality is much nicer. My 35mm shots seemed to come out underexposed, but at 120 they've come out quite well!

Better than Phoenix 200 - still pretty weak, unfortunately. After shooting and developing at 200 ISO (box speed), negatives were barely usable. Shoot this film as 100 ISO

Unique Film Stock. It is quite contrasty and the colour palette is certainly very unique. I think best results are achieved when scanning at home or a lab that knows what they are dealing with.

I first shot Phoenix II on 35mm. After watching the review from Shaka1277 on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYndyx0npng), I decided to pull 1 stop and expose as 100 ISO. I continued this method when using 120 too. I think the results are excellent, considering its Harmans second attempt at colour film. Can't wait for Phoenix III!

I picked up a roll of this in 120mm because I was curious to see what it was like for myself after reading a lot of mixed reviews. It turned out to be ok for me. I shot it in a Lubitel 166b and I used a light meter so I could get my exposures correct, maybe that is why I had good results. It does give a retro feel to the photos, like you are using old film or something but perfectly acceptable results. I read the technical sheet that is on the Harman Phoenix website and it does give specific scanning instructions for Noritsu, Fuji and Epson scanners. I scanned them on an Epson v700 as positives and then inverted them in photoshop as suggested and that gave better results. All in all I think it's an ok film.

This film did not turn out how I expected, however as a photographer who likes to experiment and take photos that aren't particularly true to reality colour wise, I am happy to keep this as a regular film stock in my supply

Well what can I say other than this film leans very heavily into magenta / pink tones. Not sure I'll shoot it again as a 'standard' film but for a more creative / surreal shoot I think it has some mileage.

I think I prefer the original with it's high grain and warm colours. This new film has a strong green and magenta cast which is fine in low light situations but in sunlight creates a rather odd look in my opinion.

After having shot this in 35mm, it was time to see how the 120 would fair.

I decided to shoot it in a holga for world zombie day and the results were great.

The colours helped to enhance the makeup the zombies were wearing.

I enjoyed the results of this a lot more than Phoenix I. Colours are definitely better and, in the right context, I like the glowy halation look. Definitely worth trying again in the future.

Really impressed by Phoenix II - contrasty, love the blues, the portrait has a painterly quality I haven’t seen before. All the images here are unedited. You have to give this film a try. It’s a proper gem.

This film is a vast improvement over Harman Phoenix in terms of brain structure and especially the colour rendition. It’s on the cool side but is consistent. It is worth trying out a roll or two.

I quite like the different hue and colours, the greens and blues are different and interesting. I feel like this might not be for everyone because of that but its fun to try.

** A test roll gifted by and shot for AW **

I never had much luck with the first version of Phoenix, and a lot of that came down to not compensating for the fact that Phoenix needs a lot of light.

Phoenix II is much of the same, but this time I managed to get some better, useable results by overexposing and shooting at between 100-160, instead of its box speed. This doesn't however fix things like the strong (mostly green) colour cast you'll get, and the loss of detail in the shadows, but if you like a punchy grain and contrast, then it's worth a look. I feel like it will come into its own with well-lit landscapes or nature scenes - anywhere where you want some very vibrant greens.

I can't really recommend this film for beginners, purely because shooting at box speed could yield unexpected results that the beginner might feel unhappy with, and having to edit in post will make this already grainy film even more so. Harman suggests the home-scanner (using a flatbed) scans the negatives as slide, then invert in post (using Negative Lab Pro, etc.); thus I can only really recommend this to someone keen on experimenting and open to results that are a little different to other well-established colour films.

Shot with a Hasselblad 500CM. Colours balanced in post.