Film Format: 35mm Film Colour & Type: Colour Negative (C-41) ISO: 125 Grain: Fine Contrast: Normal Colour Balance: Creative / Cross-Process / Experimental Color Effects Exposure Latitude: Wide / Very Wide Latitude DX Coding: Yes Film Development Process: Colour (C-41) Perfect for: 🎨 Creative/Abstract, 🚦 Street Photography, and 🧳 Travel
Description
Harman Switch Azure is the latest creative offering in our growing range of Harman 35mm colour films.
Aimed at the creative photographer Switch Azure welcomes you to a world where pink and orange skies meet cyan bananas and blue strawberries.
Harman Switch films invite you to flip the familiar on its head and turn the everyday into something strange special. As the colours switch, ordinary scenes become unexpectedly extraordinary. Iconic red London buses? Now they’re blue. Yellow New York cabs? Not anymore! Your friends? Think Smurfs… or maybe Avatar. Sunsets? Reimagined in cool blues and dreamy purples.
From the everyday to the extraordinary, it’s time to switch the world around you. The type of scanner used with Azure negatives can significantly alter how the digitised image will look.
Features:
- ISO 125 Speed Film - Vibrant colour-switching. - Fine grain - Wide Exposure Latitude
Benefits:
- Perfect for the next creative project - See the world switched with blues and oranges dominating your shots. - Fine grain structure ensures smooth texture in prints or digital scans
I used a whole roll of Azure on a walk across a bridge. I didn't have any expectations and was pleasantly surprised when the film was developed. Would try again in an area with more contrasting colours.
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Mark M. (Harlow, GB)
I really enjoyed using this film!
This was great time. It really made me think about each shot I was going to take. There is something excite about not knowing how the picture will turn out.
I was happy with the results. Pics taken using my 1968 Olympus trip 35
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Marcus I. (Scarborough, GB)
Interesting to use in specific circumstances
I used Switch Azure on my back up camera to shoot a Sci-fi event (as if you cant tell that from the images) as I thought it would be interesting to see what happened to the costumes etc.
I like some of the results as did many of the cosplayers.
Having given it a go my observtions are as follows; I think you need quite a lot of light to get the best out of this film even if you are shooting at the box speed, which I was. Skies are better if there isnt much cloud so you get the blue-organge switch comong through strongly. If your subject is in shadow at all its muddy.
Also I scanned this at home, which for most stocks is OK but I also had AW scan them as well and for this the AW results were n=much better than mine, probably because they know exactly how to calibrate the scanner. Samples are from the AW scans with no edits of any kind from me
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Jan B. (Watford, GB)
Such a fun film - stops you taking yourself too seriously!
A fun film to use with some quite hard to predict results. Bright blue skies become a lush orange. Best in high contrast shots I think.
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Michele W. (Didcot, GB)
Other-worldly but with feet on the ground
This film is great fun, of course, but it can produce some intriguing images that I find myself coming back to. I'd describe it as 'earthier' than Lomo Turquoise (which I like too), with a range of browns and oranges as well as the headline blues. I especially like that it can take a hard blue sky and transform it into a warm but other-worldly context for the main subject. The thought process of trying to imagine the end result and choosing scenes accordingly made me look at things differently, which is a good exercise in itself.
(I shot this roll on a compact camera with a few light leaks: those are definitely not from the film.)
