Description
Harman Phoenix II 35mm film is now available in the UK - a bold and brilliant colour film that’s made for analogue adventurers. With a box speed of ISO 200 and a 36-exposure roll, this updated emulsion brings vibrant tones, fine detail, and true-to-life colours to your photography.
We have a limited number of exclusive Collector's Edition packs - this is your chance to be part of the biggest film launch of 2025 🤩 With significant upgrades versus the previous emulsion, Harman Phoenix II 35mm will capture your summer in glorious colour. Also known as Harman Phoenix 2 and available in 120 format.
Why We Love It
🎞️ Brilliant Colours, Beautiful Detail
Phoenix II has been refined to produce natural, vibrant colours with crisp clarity. Skin tones look gorgeous, greens stay fresh, and reds pop just right - with the halation glow that we all loved from Phoenix 1!
🌤️ Handles Light Like a Pro
From golden hour to overcast afternoons, Phoenix II is flexible and forgiving. Its wider dynamic range helps you keep those precious details in both highlights and shadows, even in tricky lighting conditions.
🌀 Smoother Grain, Cleaner Scans
With a redesigned grain structure, this film offers cleaner, sharper images and smoother transitions. Ideal for both printing and high-quality lab scans with minimal editing.
🧪 C-41 Friendly
Like your favourite colour films, Harman Phoenix II 35mm is processed using the standard C-41 method. So it's easy and fast for our lab to process, and easy to drop off with your usual film batch.
📷 Everyday Versatility
Whether you're capturing candid portraits, colourful travel scenes, or the quiet magic of the everyday, this film has your back. It's forgiving on exposure, consistent in results, and bursting with creative potential.
For more information on how to shoot, process and scan Phoenix II, take a look at this Data Sheet.
Comparison vs Harman Phoenix 1
We have produced a comprehensive side-be-side comparison of Phoenix 2 versus the original (as well as Kodak Gold) in this article but you can see a quick sample below
Specification
| Format: | 35mm |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Type: | Negative |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposures: | 36 |
| Pack size: | 1 / 5 |
| DX Coding: | Yes |
Final Thoughts
Harman Phoenix II 35mm film is an invitation for you to explore the world in colour. Thoughtfully re-engineered for today’s 35mm photographers by the Harman scientists who have been working hard since the first version launched in December 2023 (!) it strikes the perfect balance of modern performance and analogue character. Add it to your camera, shoot with confidence, and let your creativity soar.
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Review of Harman Phoenix II
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Quite a few of the reviews complain about poor colour reproduction or strange colour casts and I think this is because Phoenix 2 uses a blue film base rather than the more common orange base. If you scan at home this is easy to manage, if you get lab scans and they come back with strange colours I'd ask them to redo them or use a lab that is more familiar with Phoenix (like AW).
As you can see from these photos the colours can be true to life when scanned correctly but you will also see there is some halation around bright light, but this is much more controlled than with the first phoenix.
I wouldn't buy this film again - although it does have a nice warm blue colour, a lot of my pictures came out shady and grainy, even though they were taken in broad daylight. A bit disappointed because some of my pictures were quite nice.
(I haven't uploaded most of the dark ones as they have people)
Let’s be clear, I was really excited to get my hands on this and tried it out in lots of different lighting conditions. Now maybe it’s my inexperience but I’ve found it grainy, with unnatural colouration, weird contrast and unforgiving latitude.
Very disappointed. Won’t be buying again. Barely any more usable than the first version of Phoenix
Testing a colour film on a camera i was testing in an Horizon S3, not a great idea but they turned out ok if a tad under exposed, got another 4 rolls to go at so will see how we go, would i buy again, maybe but that's only because i shoot mainly B/W
I picked up two rolls of Phoenix II upon launch and decided to give one a shot (or rather, 36 shots!) on our recent fortnight in the Scottish Highlands.
I shot at box speed, and had them developed by another lab (not AW).
I was… surprised by the level of green tint. I was expecting some character, but not this level. I’ve emailed the lab to see if potentially it’s a scanning issue - you can find a fair few folks online mentioning that labs aren’t scanning it right.
Not in a rush to try my second roll, but will shoot that lower than box speed and dev with AW - be interested to see how it pans out.
