Harman Phoenix II 200 - 35mm Film

I was a little apprehensive at first but after development I was really impressed with the tones and colour of this Phoenix II. I was looking for something that would give a period vibe when shooting time-gone-by subjects and it didn't let me down. I'd heard folk talk of the Phoenix effect but it has to be seen first hand. I really like it and if you're looking for something a bit different with a great vibe finish then this is well worth a go.

Love the colours of this film, and the glow it gives.

Really fun to play with.

A good all rounder film, I achieved some really interesting pops of colour during the summer heat wave in Windsor and some interesting cool tones to contrast with that. Enjoyed shooting with this and have ordered another. I feel like you may get stronger outcomes not using automatic settings. Another cracking film from Harman

I found that the film was good if there's a ton of light, but I don't think it captures a ton of shadow detail. I like the blue/purple hue as a creative choice but there were blue spots in all my photos as seen below.

Boy, this film is my guilty pleasure. I would always much rather a film stock that has character than a totally clean image. Why would we be shooting on film otherwise? Phoenix II is a tricky beast but easier to control than version one. It has much more latitude than the original and detail can be recovered from the shadows better than Opticolour 200. The grain is noticeable but I find it give your images a painterly quality. The highlights suffer from a magenta cast which can be tricky to remove but not impossible.

The star here is the halation. While, not everyone's cup of tea, it is really nice and soft. As an alternative to Cinestill, give this a go and you won't be disappointed if this effect is what you are looking for. I hope that this is an element of this stock that continues into the future iterations of the Phoenix because it's nice to have film stocks that are unashamedly film!

Slightly disappointed. Nothing wrong with grain and clarity, but converted to digital via photo as a negative in camera and converted to a positive via image processing using invert option. Blue skies seem to have a magenta shading. I'm unsure if that's the film or my colour conversion, but I've had better colour conversion results with other makes of film.

I have found this film to be usable I don't think I would choose it again myself as it seems to be a bit to grainy for my liking I also seem to have under exposed a fair bit it have just been a slightly dodgy lens.

Phoenix 2 is beautiful with it's colour rendition and unique character. Definitely one for everyone to try, even if only to support a company making a brand new colour film from scratch.

Compared to the original it is massively improved in terms of latitude, shadow detail, less halation, finer grain, and is easier to scan. As the branding suggests it does lean towards blue in colour, I preferred how the original leaned more red/orange but it's not as drastic here anyway. In my opinion the best results are achieved when it is shot at 100iso and pulled one stop in development, this helps preserve more shadow detail and reign in the halation, it's still there if you try to shoot for it but it's not overwhelming.

One major thing that needs to be noted is that most lab scans will not do this film justice, the film is purple when developed and if you scan it as an orange film as most colour negatives are you'll get colours balanced for that, but when properly scanned and balanced it is truly beautiful. However it is still inconsistent when trying to scan so I find myself adjusting things a lot more from one frame to the next when compared to something from Kodak.

Harman have put some work in to make an improvement on the original Phoenix and it should be celebrated, this film has lots of character, it feels unique, and I can't wait to see where they take the Phoenix brand.

Really good for creative stuff bold colours. Very much like it.

Just to be clear, I did enjoy working with this film. I got some really quite pretty pictures out of this roll, but every photo I took tended to run very warm-toned so I would have trouble saying that they're true-to-life. For experimental photography or if you don't mind taking a risk with the results, it's not a bad film. The grain was nice in my experience and the picture quality was good. I did really enjoy the landscape photos I took; I think the greens actually came out very well. But again, I do not quite know how one would get the colours more accurate to life.

Give the film some good colourful scenes and you get some nice shots. Not so much for duller days where it becomes more black and white. To me it feels like there is a bit of under exposure on the dull scenes.

the colours are amazingly highlighted when outside around nature and water, very happy.