Last week came the announcement of Harman Phoenix II and my rolls of film arrived in the post today.
From the YouTube reviews of this film, it sounds like shooting this version is best at the box speed of 200 ISO. So what I will do is fire off a couple of test rolls with a +1 bracket. Can’t wait for the films to come back from the lab.
6 August 2025 The two test roll films have been returned from Harman Lab and here are the results of the kelvin lighting.
Exposing the film at 200 ISO is the right call. The +1 frames are over exposed and as you can see it is a much cooler film than the first version.
And here is the roll that was shot using the Rotolight Neo in HSI mode from top to bottom at 0 / 360, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300.
My conclusion is that Phoenix II is a mature version to the previous one. It is more predictable but do I like the cooler tones? Personally I liked the warm tones of version 1, however I do understand why Phoenix II is more neutral.
It is pretty impressive how much Harman have done in a short space of time releasing these films in beta for us to test. My hope is to keep supporting this project, so I’m looking forward to what comes next.
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