Harman announces Phoenix 200 C-41 colour film

[Colin O]

I don't see any mention of it here so far, so I'll just drop this snippet of news in... new 135 colour C-41 film announced yesterday...

Phoenix 200 from Harman

https://www.harmanphoto.co.uk/phoenix

Developed apparently from the ground up, and fully manufactured in the same plant as Ilford B&W film. If I understand correctly, Harman is the parent company of Ilford, but due to some legal restrictions relating to recent M&A processes, Ilford are not allowed to market colour film - hence this film being released with the Harman branding.

There's plenty of initial reviews around, e.g....

https://www.35mmc.com/01/12/2023/news-harman-photo-introduces-phoenix-iso-200-colour-film-made-from-scratch-in-the-uk/
https://www.japancamerahunter.com/2023/12/film-news-harman-phoenix-rises/
https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/blogs/film-photography-blog/top-tips-for-shooting-harman-phoenix
https://casualphotophile.com/2023/12/01/phoenix-200-announcement/
https://emulsive.org/articles/news/new-film-day-say-hello-to-harman-phoenix-200-a-brand-new-mid-speed-colour-film

Personally, I'm sorry to say, I think it looks awful. I won't be bothering with it. But I commend Harman for trying, and apparently they are quite open in stating that the film is still a work in progress, and future batches will be refined as much as possible.

[kmac]

It appears to be in the same class as Kodak ColorPlus by the look of it, the images look the same and it will probably sell for a similar price. It certainly needs improving.

[canabananadial]

Dear Harman,

Color paper, please.  RC pearl & FB if possible.

That is all.

Thanks.

📸

[Bettendorf]

19 hours ago, kmac said:

It appears to be in the same class as Kodak ColorPlus by the look of it, the images look the same and it will probably sell for a similar price. It certainly needs improving.

When I saw the examples on the Freestyle site my first thought was of long gone, GAF and 3M.