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patendude · 5 months

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this is fucking exciting

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#film photography #negative film #35mm flim #ilford #harman photo #color film #photography #35mm #analog #Youtube #phoenix 200

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matmarrash · 5 months

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Harman Phoenix 200 - A Funky-Fresh Color Film Made in the UK

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New Film, Who Dis?

It’s been a long time since I’ve decided to do a blog post documenting my experiences with a film, but I think this is a very worthy occasion. Just yesterday, December 1st, 2023, Harman Photo over in the UK launched their very first color film! That’s right, the folks that have brought us some of the film photography staples of HP5+, Multigrade Papers, Delta, XP2, and more are entering the color arena. Harman Phoenix 200 is a color negative, C-41 process film that’s unlike any fresh film I’ve ever shot.

Harman was kind enough to send out a little care package containing a slew of marketing knickknacks and most importantly two rolls of this new film. They provided a few notes for pre-launch users of the film like: ISO, where to process, suggested ISO range, and throughout their introduction letter kept mentioning that this is an experimental film. Users were to expect: high contrast in most lighting situations, heavy grain even when well-exposed, unique color rendering, and halation in the brightest highlight areas. At the time of testing, I wasn’t working with the depth of information that is out there now on this film like the official datasheet. Without much more to go on than that, I loaded up my trusty old Pentax K1000 with 50mm f/2 lens and headed out to a local park with Laur and our new Borzoi puppy, Echo.

For the entirety of this first roll of film, I still had no idea what the results would look like, even from other photographers! I wasn’t trying to take any crazy chances, so I shot this 200 ISO film at box speed, checking my Reveni Labs Incident Light Meter in between shots to make sure I wasn’t going too far over/under. I was also playing it safer than normal in terms of lighting, trying as much as possible to include some direct daylight in each shot. November afternoons don’t last long in Ohio, so the direct, blue sky sun quickly turned to an even, pastel sky during our mile-long hike at the park.

I didn’t manage to shoot all 36 exposures in that short hike, so with the remaining dozen or so shots I took a jog around downtown Columbus, OH the following afternoon. This time I was really aiming for as many direct sun compositions as possible to see how the film handled a standard 5-stop dynamic range scene as close to the color balance as possible. For many of the brightly lit scenes shot this way, I employed the use of my Promaster HGX 2-8 stop Variable ND filter to knock down the exposure to the limited shutter speed range of my K1000. Time to send off my test roll to The Darkroom, the official Harman Photo lab for the USA.

A Tale of Two Films

Not even 48 hours after receiving my order, The Darkroom had already processed, scanned, and uploaded my order to their online system for preview. I was excited, to say the least, that is until I took a look at the scans. Nearly every single shot had crunchy grain, crazy contrast, and an extreme orange + teal dual tone color cast. And if the main subject matter was even partially backlit, goodbye to those highlights (the worst three off of those scans shown below).

My initial excitement quickly faded to an uneasy stomach and mild anxiety as I waited for the negatives to arrive back from California. It was at this point that I started reaching out to other film shooters I knew that might also be testing out Harman 200. A few replied back with some quick examples and one even sent me some of their personal tips and tricks. Faith hadn’t fully been restored, but I was no longer losing sleep over the lab scans and waiting to see what the negatives had in store.

Only two days after leaving The Darkroom, a FedEx package was on my doorstep with my test film and to my surprise, THE NEGATIVES WERE PURPLE! Harman had mentioned “a surprise” that they didn’t want to spoil, but this was not something I was anticipating. Of course those automated lab scans were going to look weird, the film base didn’t even have the standard orange masking layer that helps with the daylight color balance! It was back to the drawing board with scanning my first roll, and below are the three very different renditions of the same exact negative.

This also serves as a cautionary tale those of you sending this out to a lab. Make sure the lab you’re using knows about Phoenix 200 and some of its quirks. There is full scanning compensation data available on Harman’s website as well as the official datasheet for photographers.

The first scan is what The Darkroom sent out for preview. the second scan was done with my Epson V700 scanner in “Auto Correct”, and the third scan was with manual inversion. To manually invert the negative, it’s a pretty drawn-out process for a single frame, but gives you access to the full range the film has to offer. On a scanner like the V700, you have to go into the Configuration menu of Professional Mode and Disable Color Correction and also scan color negatives as Color Positive. From there, the positive scan is manually inverted using Adjustment Curves and Camera RAW Filters in Photoshop.

Was all of the extra effort worth it? If you like and of the photographs in the gallery at the top of this blog post, or any of the cooler-to-neutral looking photos in the galleries below, I’d say it’s worth it! Personally, my favorite look is somewhere between Epson’s Auto Color setting and the expired Ektachrome look of the manually inverted negatives. Sometimes the super-retro vibes of the warm + cyan look can work, but other times I’d like to see some more fleshed out blues, reds, and greens.

To the Studio!

By this time in my limited film test, I was a bit more hopeful about Harman Phoenix 200, but still wanted to try it out in a more controlled environment. With only a few days until the December 1st launch date, I called up my buddy Tariq Tarey to see if he was up for a quick studio shoot. If you’re not familiar with Tariq’s work, you should be. He’s an absolute master of portraiture, and his technical skill with light and cameras is only outdone by his charming personality.

Knowing a bit more about the contrasty nature of Phoenix 200 firsthand, I gave Tariq the heads-up that we would need to be working with a very tight lighting ratio. I suggested something close to a 1:1 ratio, meaning that the key/main light and any fill light hitting the subject was to be at the same intensity. With modern films and/or digital cameras this look often feels “flat” and sometimes even boring. Harman’s experimental color film managed to eek some drama out of an ordinarily lit scene.

Pictured above you can see the results of a simple 5-shot bracket with the Sekonic Exposure Profile Target. Metered for the box speed of ISO 200, the shots are in order of Exposure Values: -2, -1, 0, +1, and +2. Now I can see why Harman kept mentioning that this wasn’t a film meant for pushing! This film packs some contrast, even in flat light with a simple greyscale chart. There were two big surprises in this test. First off was the blown highlights; only the EV -1 and -2 had highlights that weren’t showing significant magenta halation; this film has a mild anti-halation layer compared to other color films on the market. The second surprise was that the EV 0 exposure, essentially ISO 200, looked more like one would expect from an underexposed chart (looks about 2/3 stop under IMO). Overall I found the colors rather pleasing in the overexposed charts (essentially ISO 50 & 100), so I’d recommend rating Harman Phoenix 200 somewhere around ISO 100 - 125. This feels like a film that would pull process well, so more testing to do on that front when I purchase some more.

But enough about grey boxes and a still life, how does this higher contrast film translate to a sitting subject in the studio? Well Tariq and I had the better part of 24 exposures to mess around with in that same lighting setup, and we each tried a few poses with each other as the model. That light coming in from camera-left in the portraits is only 1/2 stop over the the key light, something big to keep in mind when working with subjects with deep-set eyes (like yours truly!). Fill, fill, fill. If you’re shooting portraits with this film, do it in dead-even light and bring that bounce card or fill light in annoying close to make sure you get something in those shadows. Phoenix 200 is about as forgiving in the shadows as expired slide film, meaning if it’s not there at the time of exposure, the only thing that will be there after processing is grain.

Closing Thoughts

Phoenix 200 is everything Harman said it would be in their FAQ sent out to testers, I just wish they would have sent out more data (more film wouldn’t have hurt either!). Thanks to a great contact in the industry, I was able to obtain a digital copy of the film’s datasheet < 24 hours before launch day and releasing an overview video on the subject. My personal gripes with Harman’s marketing aside, this is a film that I is going to be polarizing. Within the first day of launch there are already reports of retailers worldwide already running out of stock, while online many are flocking to the comments section to rail on the fact that this film isn’t God’s gift to photography. There’s no way that a brand new color film (made in just this past year!) is going to beat the nearly 100 year lead that Kodak has perfected over countless iterations. And to be perfectly honest, we don’t need another Portra. If we want something unique, and if the film community truly wants innovation, THIS is how it starts.

If you’d like to pick up a few rolls to support the industry in a positive direction, I’d recommend checking out your local camera shop, wherever Ilford and Harman products are sold. For the convenience of shopping online, there’s no better place I know of than The Film Photography Store. My buddy Michael Raso over at The Film Photography Project is offering a special discount of $1 off of each roll of Harman Phoenix 200 color film that you order. Simply use coupon code “LFF” during checkout; the deal ends December 15th, 2023.

Thanks for stopping by the blog, if you liked this little write-up and would like to check out more, be sure to head over to the YT channel for more film photography content. And if you’d like to support what you see here, head over to the galleries and snag a print or two.

#harman photo #phoenix film #phoenix 200 #c41 #color film #color negative #k1000 #pentax #mat marrash #tariq tarey #columbus

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bibbumblebee · 9 months

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I know we’ll probably never get any information on Phoenix’s parents, but I refuse to believe his mom is named anything other than Miranda.

Miranda Wright.

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #pwaa #gyakuten saiban #Phoenix’s parents never come up #Ace attorney puns #it has to be this way #I refuse to let her be named anything else.#I’m so glad people agree #lol #100 notes #200 notes #y’all are too kind #I passed 300 notes #omg you guys #you guys are the best #I hit 700! omg omg

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trlvsn · 9 months

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the edgeworth-fey history is so fucked up but so overlooked because despite the dl-6 case leaving maya fey motherless and edgeworth not only fatherless but with no justice served to the real killer for 15 years maya and edgeworth were like. sure i will watch steel samurai movies with this guy. no hard feelings whatsoever. it's never discussed between them and no one is ever blamed for anything because these two came out of a situation so cruel and unjust and somehow ended up so wisely kind. every time i notice that specific flavor of wise kindness in ace attorney characters (beanix, maya, edgeworth who would never admit it but it's true, trucy, etc) it breaks my heart a little and puts it back together with the hope this idea contains (maya fey this is mainly about maya fey have you seen how she is never angry with anyone except when she allows herself to be a kid around phoenix have you seen it have you noticed it) (i have. i have)

#edgeworth constantly saying 'im not that good of a man' okay. i disagree #like yeah he is a bitch. a bitch with a heart of gold when it matters #phoenix has to go through 200 traumatic experiences to get on that level but it also happens #guhhh. yeah #aa spoilers #ace attorney

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voidify333 · 1 year

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So we always meme about phoenix being the big Legally Blonde fan but consider.

It came out in July 2001, i.e. within the window of time for the friend group to exist

Yes it’s pg-13 but if Miles heard about the premise he would be like !!!lawyer movie!!! And then Gregory would chaperone so his son could see lawyer movie, and suggest “you could bring your friends”

Maybe Larry is also there. Maybe he said no because “girl movie”

Phoenix (at the obvious plot point, for dramatic irony value): “wow,…. she really loves him so much……..”

Miles: “but he’s a jerk he doesn’t deserve her”

Gregory: “kids please don’t talk during the movie”

Phoenix likes the movie to a mundane level. Miles imprints on the movie; full special interest. Before it he was like “I’m going to be a defense attorney like my dad!!!” After he’s like “I’m going to be a defense attorney like a) my dad b) Elle Woods”

But then we all know what happens a few months later. This interest is snuffed out in the same fell swoop as the rest of his interest in a defense career

When anyone brings it up, he thinks of his “embarrassing phase” and cringes

HOWEVER. the special place in his heart for it is not entirely turned to dust, as with old special interests in general

Years later. He has passed the bar and MvK has taken him to the tailor

“Edgeworth every prosecutor needs a signature outfit. The tailor already has the pattern for yours but you may choose the primary fabric. Choose wisely; you will wear this in court for some time”

The tailor presents a variety of swatches

Miles sees a certain magenta among the options. An image flashes in his mind

“This one sir”, he is saying before he has the chance to think

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #legally blonde #narumitsu #wrightworth #(marginally?)#elle woods #phoenix wright #100 notes #200 notes #300 notes #500 notes

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phoenix-arts7 · 5 months

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Thank you for 200 followers! Glad y’all like my shit XD

#thank you very much #thank you #phoenix chatter #200 followers

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the-bad-batch-baroness · 10 months

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💚 200 Followers 💚

Wow, babes, it only seems like yesterday that I reached 100, and now I'm surpassing 200!

Thank y'all so much for following me and putting up with my crazy shenanigans and clone obsessions 🫶🏻

I absolutely love every single one of you from the bottom of my heart! You're the ones that make this site worth while 💚

As for a celebration event... I haven't quite decided what I want to do. I'm such a slow writer, so I don't want to do full fic requests, or I'll never get anything done 😅

So, let's put it to a vote and see what we can come up with!

(you can also drop ideas in the comments)

#tbbb speaks #tbbb polls #tbbb writes #200 followers #200 followers celebration #the clone wars #the bad batch #phoenix squad #star wars

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reiverreturns · 9 months

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19 + phoenix

honestly this prompt got pretty far away from me but i'm hoping a little dose of mavnix atones for my sins. under the cut for M tones. thank you for the prompts my darling and i'm sorry it's taken 3 bloody months to finish them ❤️ Send me a prompt and some characters/ships for a ficlet or drabble

Phoenix + Raw

Maverick comes apart when the world around him stills. This, Phoenix knows, is a near certainty.

She understands why. Neither of them are built to stagnate, and in the desert, movement canters around them in a messy tangle of cranks, pulls, rocks, and groans. He pulls her into the Airstream when the sun’s at its hottest and laughs when her jeans stick to her thighs. She disrupts the peace he finds in between his early morning coffee and the sheets of a newspaper until he’s twitching and slack, nervous to pull his bare skin from the leather upholstery. She pours the cold coffee down the drain, makes them a new pot, and knows that it too will be forgotten.

They work on Maverick’s litany of machines and talk about hops and horror stories and the long roads that got them here. It’s easy. Comfortable.

But night affords them less. It’s then, in a darkness that is cool and quiet, Maverick murmurs against Phoenix’s hair: “I’m meeting Rooster for dinner next Friday.”

Phoenix hums a reply and doesn’t move from Maverick’s chest. She already knows. The date’s been on Mav’s calendar for weeks, written in light-handed lettering bearing little resemblance to the crowd of bold capitals and red sharpie around it. A hesitant hand. A hopeful one.

(They don’t talk about Bradley.)

Phoenix shifts from Maverick’s side to draw a leg over his waist, settling down until she’s on top and flush against him. Maverick’s eyes are boring holes into the ceiling like he’s trying to see the stars and all their fissures through layers of metal. It’s an old look, nothing new or wondrous in it, and it makes Phoenix’s ribs ache.

(He looks like a wayfarer, she thinks. Like a man asking the sky to guide him home.)

She pushes her palms against the sides of his neck, tries to rub away the anxious tic in his jaw with the pad of her thumb. “It’ll be fine Mav,” Phoenix reassures, pressing a kiss to the corner of his mouth. “You’ve got nothing to worry about.”

“Oh, I’ve got plenty to worry about.” Maverick smiles but Phoenix can see no humour in it. Warm hands find her back and fold over one another in long, slow crosses, holding her to him. “It’s been over a decade. That’s a lot of time to bridge. A lot of apologise for.”

It is, but it's not all on Maverick, and it takes everything Phoenix has to bite down on her tongue and stop the scold telling him so. It’s not her place. Whatever needs to run its course between Maverick and Rooster will do so without her intervention, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t struggle with being on the sidelines.

(They’d talked about this the first time Maverick kissed Phoenix and set her ablaze. Phoenix had been so keen to cut the fuel line at a moment’s notice, so awkward was the fit of her trepidation, but when Maverick gasped her given name against her skin - Natasha - the sound was almost reverent.)

She cants her hips forward and watches his face. Maverick grunts softly, and his eyes flicker towards her. Still intense, still searching, but no longer aimed towards the motionless dark.

“Well, the easiest way to Rooster’s heart is usually through his stomach,” Phoenix tells him, hands dancing up Maverick’s sides, splaying onto his chest to feel at his heart as she pushes herself upright to straddle him. “Take him to a steak place. That’s his favourite.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah. He orders his steaks so rare they’re practically raw. It’s kind of gross.”

Her words are a concession Phoenix rarely makes. She searches her gut for the immediate pain, a cost to her meddling, but comes up short. And when Maverick sits up to kiss her, smiling in a way that pools his happiness in the creases around his eyes, the thank you in his touch might just be worth it.

They move together in their cramped bed and chase the night's stillness away. Soft at first, a slow hum of contentment pushing and pulling between them like brushing waves at low tide, but they are not quiet people, and sure enough, when Phoenix throws out a spark, she finds fuel.

She rolls her hips and is rewarded by delicious, hard friction. Maverick’s hands map their way to her flanks and she sighs, winding her arms around his neck, trusting him at the controls.

“And where am I taking you Friday after next?” Maverick whispers into her ear. Beneath the rough edge of her own breathing, Phoenix hears the grin of it. His hand slips between them, the cocky bastard, and she laughs.

“Anywhere you want,” she replies, turning her head to catch his mouth with hers.

Anywhere, but first, you better take me to the stars.

#i told you i'd finish all of your prompts eventually ajksjksjksjks #honestly i sat on this forever bc i wanted to do something vaguely more creative than full angst but all i could think of was raw meat #and that's just... not the vibe lol #ANYWAY. anyway. i'm the ihavenoideawhati'mdoing dog meme with this pairing but i hope you like it love!!#death taxes and reiver writing a full on ficlet when she meant to write 200-ish words #mavnix #pete maverick mitchell #natasha phoenix trace #top gun fanfiction #reiverwrites #prompt fill #top gun maverick #monlcabarbaro

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voidify333 · 1 year

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broke: Phoenix can't cook he's a disaster man lmao

woke: actually it's Miles who can't cook, he had household staff for his entire adolescence

bespoke: they can both cook, but they have completely opposite weaknesses about it. Miles HAS TO follow a recipe and if substitutions are necessary he approaches them as a logical problem-solving task. Phoenix has never followed a recipe to the letter in his life he just does what seems right

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #narumitsu #wrightworth #headcanon #for the record i'm like miles #and my mother is like phoenix #100 notes #200 notes

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urbanadventureleague · 2 months

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New film, new camera: Are things looking up in the film photography world?

Laden with cargo. Willamette River waterfront, Portland. 24 Feb 2024. Olympus XA/Harman Phoenix 200 When I decided to get back into film photography four years ago, I didn’t realize that I’d be entering such…interesting times in this little world. Most of this can be blamed on the disruptions caused by the pandemic, which exacerbated already occurring trends. The discontinuation of film stocks…

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#color film #film price #half frame camera #harman phoenix 200 #ilford delta 100 #olympus pen #pentax

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