Chatting Harman Phoenix with ThePhotoShop  

Thank you both for doing this.

This was a great listen. I don’t think I’m going out on a limb saying Alex is the smartest ‘filmfulencer’ (😂) out there. Every film related video of his feels like a fun chemistry lesson. My first roll of Phoenix wasn’t great - my bad for trying to shoot landscapes over summer with it - but I’m looking forward to trying again with some portraits and streetscapes in duller, less contrasty conditions. Just one point to make on Kodak HIE and EIR: my understanding that while demand for both had definitely tanked by the mid 2000s, particularly commercial/government use of EIR which had been mostly replaced by digital imaging by then, the move towards IR-based QC in Kodak’s film manufacturing processes around that time. Not so much an issue with 720-780nm sensitive films apparently that are still happily made today, but clearly an issue with the extended sensitivity that both EIR and HIE had (into the 950nm range). Which doesn’t bode well for Aerochrome ever coming back, even if Kodak could sell fresh stuff for north of $100 a roll easily.

Well, I've both three Phoenix already. And I love black&white. 😂 Thanks for sharing this interesting conversation.

Great chat fellas! Alex, your chemistry background really explains a lot now that I've learnt that 😁

Thank you Alex and Brendan, that was very enlightening and I hope that you do more of this type of insightful, if you like Nerdy reviews. Because I would like to know why film and the process behave the way it does. Thank you 😊

Oh, you have a PhD in chemistry! Guess that explains your technical approach and how well you explain everything! I always love videos that are focusing on the more technical aspects and to a greater depth than most others have gone into. Photochemistry is just infinitely fascinating and I love learning about it all different places around the internet! Ron is a famous example of losing a special individual with regard to the science of film, looking through any thread he's commented on is always a bit somber, but at the same time always educational. He even mentioned this himself, that with the downsizing of research groups, so much potential was lost. That's why it makes me happy to see these efforts _and_ to see them succeed. I don't know if I had a super relevant point with this comment, but thanks for your great work Alex!