ionchy
@ionchy

a few months ago a new colour film was released, Harman Phoenix 200, so I picked up a roll to try it out. they say that

With a DX coded cassette and a box speed of ISO 200, Phoenix can be rated between ISO 100 and 400 but performs best in good, consistent light.

and I can only select between ISO 100 and 400 on my camera, so I figured I'd go with ISO 100, since I've been burned by underexposure in the past, and I also typically shoot Kodak Gold 200/Fujifilm 200 at ISO 100. but all of my photos came back washed out and overexposed :(


ionchy
@ionchy

here's some more that I think I would have liked better if they didn't blast out all the bright areas
I'm also noticing now that they're really grainy too for a 200 film


ionchy
@ionchy

this is one of the worst ones but it's so funny to me because you have some of these figures exposed more or less normal and a few others are shining like they're nuclear blasted ghosts lmao



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auuuugh that sucks. Phoenix really is a shockingly premium stricker price for what seems to be a brutally temperamental stock.

I wonder if they mean it can be shot for 100 and underdeveloped instead of shot for 100 and standard processing? You really shouldn't have to make that kind of choice in C-41 with just a one-stop difference, and if that's what they meant they should've said it specifically because no reasonable person would assume that reading.

this film gives me early 90s dollar store film vibes (no latitude, huge grain/no acuity, etc) which is something people might want for sure, but not at $18+ per roll.

my experience with Phoenix is basically exactly the same. I think it can be good if you're going for a specific look and shooting with that in mind, but it's just too persnickety and too expensive to just throw in my camera and shoot. I have heard that rating it at 160 of all things is the way to go, but I don't have the money to experiment with it, and that certainly doesn't solve your problem of having only the options for 100 or 400 iso. After shooting a roll of it, I feel pretty comfortable kind of classing as a toy film, along with Lomo's Purple and Turquoise. But even then I feel like you don't get a lot of delightful surprises with it, like you do with those two.