Shooting Harman Phoenix 200 in Hanoi, Vietnam | A Brand New Color Film 

Awesome video dude! I appreciate the honesty about the film. Don't be discouraged with the views! Your content is absolutely some of the best photography/film photography content on the entirety of RU-vid! You have such an eye for composition both with photo and video, and it's super inspiring and fun to watch. Keep it up man!

While I agree that the results look more "experimental" and won't replace any Kodak stocks anytime soon, I think as a community we should embrace this effort and maybe just buy a roll as a nod to Harman that the initiative is appreciated and they should keep at it. We can't expect film prices and supply to improve, get mad at Fuji for discontinuing one stock after the other or rebranding Kodak stuff, while simultaneously not giving new players (Harman as in a new player in color film) who work on improving the film-landscape their shot.

So rad to see you got your hands on this stuff man! And sick that you did it in such an exotic location haha! Gonna be keeping an eye out for it to hit the shelves around here so I can give it a go myself, the levels of contrast look unparalleled but as you say, nice to have something outside of the traditional market to tinker with!

I have been following you for a long while, as a Vietnamese living abroad, this video reminds me so much about home. Great video, and keep up the work my man !!

You ain't wrong about the vids on this stock. At around 8am PST my Instagram and RU-vid timelines were absolutely dominated by review and first impressions videos 🤣🤣

I’m so excited about the new stock 😊

Great video man. A solid honest review , definitely some interesting results, but it will be interesting to see where this goes.

Everything you've been doing recently has been incredibly inspiring and motivating to me. I appreciate your creativity.

Omg fantastic video Brae!! V interesting and engaging (I esp love your storytelling). So glad I re-found your channel :) I hope you’re well!! ☺️

I love the colour and the image from phoenix and you it's just suit it all.

So glad you got your hands on it, dude!!

Honest and informative. Love the pics, too. Thanks for sharing.

Keep up the good work. I always look forward to your videos!

Congrats on your Vietnam trip. I’m a big fan of your vlog style episodes.

Nice review of the new film man, a great location to test this films characteristics. Some really great shots in here.

Awesome review Brae! These Hanoi street scenes are really well suited for what Phoenix has to offer. Perhaps a future 120 iteration will make a guest appearance up in the Cascades.

Great video Brae! Love that new Shimoda backpack you rocking too!

I bought 5 rolls of this, mainly just to support the cause but also somewhat curious about it. All things considered, your images look pretty solid. I also tend to stay away from gimmicky films too because I sometimes don’t like the confines of the images. I shot a test roll yesterday and your video popped up today. Thanks for making this. :)

Welcome to Vietnam dude, I've been a big fan of yours for a long time and it's awesome seeing you here in my country

Awesome video! I gotta find that flash you have looks perfect for street photos, I definitely want to try this film out

Góc nhìn HN quá chân thật bro ơi :))) Realistic look of Ha Noi, bro :)) Cool video and really nice film stock.

Great vid, great shots, great location, great looking film stock. Err……yeah….Great! 😎📷👌

Enjoyable as always, just a regular dude shooting film. This is the content the people need.

Out of everyone's videos who posted about this film I waited a few days to watch, and yours was first. I'm glad this was the first impression I got of the new stock really interesting but definitely not for everyday scenarios

I love most of the photos that you shot. I look at this film as an effects film and very artsy. this film makes for a really good street photography film

Welcome to Vietnam !!!!! Big Fan.

Liking and commenting to please algorithm. Great stuff.

so glad to see my country in your video

2:49 ... holy shit. Dead.

Holy hot damn! Getting spooky as hell @9:21 💀💀

Great vid. Glad you made it to one of my favorite cities. Hope you got to spend a long time in VN. So cheap. \Amazing food and people. Photo opportunities all over the place. Save travels.

the paper scene goes hard

Looks similar to a lomo400. Nice! Great stuff man!

Awesome stuff as per usual pal....I need to know where you got that mug?

Not a fan of the look personally, but I think a little over exposure might benefit those murky shadows. Love your vids, keep it up!

Congrats on your Vietnam trip. Would you mind if you let me know which flash did you use?

Just found your channel and I’m digging it. What is that flash unit on that Canon?

This reminds me a lot of when I cross-processed Agfa slide film. Probably not much actual use for a stock like this, but it's cool as a proof of concept and hopefully they'll keep refining it further.

I don’t mind the “shooting x film in y location” type video, BUT I love your regular videos. Sad to hear your views are going down cause your videos are better than what most channels make imo. Like all those super gear focused channels are a bit boring. Videos about photography and art is much more fun!

Since almost every YT film photo channel has dropped a video on Dec 1 giving for this film first impressions to detailed technical analysis, there are a lot of mostly sample photo videos to compare. I think it's fair to say the Brae got screwed by his lab scans. While the film is fairly saturated and contrasty, it's nowhere near the excesses shown here. It's also grainy beyond reason and is said to have quite low resolution. Consider it a prototype work in progress. On the other hand, trying to sell this cripple for $13 a roll raises Harmon almost to Cinestill class when it comes to abuse of the customer. Omitted from this review was that the film lacks the traditional red-orange color correcting mask of nearly all C-41 films. This may make it easier to scan, once folks work out the required scanner software changes, but it will make the film relatively useless for the small minority making RA-4 prints. Also, it uses a polyester film base, so off limits for Lab-Box users.

For sure, probably of lot of reviews, but I watched yours first. I agree with you. It's fantastic that they're investing in the business of film, but I wouldn't buy this film either, even at $5/roll, let alone $13. You did makes some nice images with that stuff anyhow!

I think these shots would look dope converted to bnw!! Look at you being a great street photographer and all

Firstly, super excited with your trip to Hanoi. I am sure you will have additional takes of your trip to share. Look forward to it. Now, your review on Phoenix is as expected. You took a series of images based on the data available/presented to you and researched it in a way similar to any photog embarking on a new emulsion. As expected the results are obvious. Needless to say we all will get into the rhythm after a couple of rolls. Great review.

Nice video and opinion! What flash do you have on the canon?

Plenty of mixed results here but the images that feature a lot of shadow sometimes looks great; redolent of many older East Asian films I've seen. I have a feeling this stock would do wonders for a night-time shoot in somewhere like Tokyo with all the neon signage. A super grainy fashion editorial comes to mind.

The overcooked look is growing on me haha. It's low contrast lighting I quite like the colours.

Hi, what model of flash are you using with your Canon? I'm looking for something low profile like the one in your video.

2:50 hahaha...5 in the morning with a cup of joe and you made me spill it all over the keyboard 🤣🤣

Oh when did you come, thank you for coming to my city

What flash is on the Canon?

i want to know the brand of the flash you use for this camera please ( btw welcome to VN bro, good picture from the person who shoot this pic😎😎😎😎)

Unfortunate this color stock is in its early / experimental stages because it does distract a little from these great compositions man! The subframing and foregrounds were great. Love from the east coast.

How big was the mid edit facepalm that took place after realizing what you did with the papers? Definitely relatable. 😂

Nice!!!! Real Nice! I shot my first roll of phoenix in Ha Long bay. The results came out super nice. I've watched this video twice now. What did you think of Hanoi? My wife and I are not the biggest fans, but we LOVE Da Nang & Phu Quoc.

Damn, I feel kinda bad that one of my favorite film photographers was in MY city and I didn't know. When did you go? I hope you had a wonderful time in my country.

This reminds me of Lomography film stocks

I don't know if it's the film itself or the post-processing (or maybe even the subject matter) but these images look extremely retro to me. 80s vibes.

I really wish the Cannon AE-1 had a better manual mode. The light meter is great, but fairly useless in manual mode. Good to see you get out of the country.

5:26 You are watching a master at work. Form: 10/10

Booked Vietnam the day before yesterday, January 1. How are they with film at the airport?

I shot some film in mexico recently and my camera got slammed by condensation from the humidity and movement from my AC cooled room to the warm morning. Are you having similar issues? and if so how do you combat said issues? :)

You really need to scan the negatives yourself to get proper result from these. The lab scanners punch the contrast button way too hard to compensate for the blue film base.

What back pack are you using?

What flash were you using?

Support the film. I can see its similiar characteristic with slide film

I suggest you (and anyone else reading this) watch Kyle McDougall's video on this film. Most people seem to be getting bad results due to the scanning method.

Just ordered two rolls of it from B&H. 36 exp for $13.95. they need to keep it around and make a lower saturation high dynamic range true color version in 400 and 100 and in 120mm. It looks like an Instagram filter built into the film. That makes it interesting. I feel like they went after Instagram itself. Lol

like vsco C1 preset

I don’t think what you are seeing are the “quirks” of the film, the way the shadows are getting crushed to black in these images looks to my eye to be more a matter of the scanning. If I had to guess I’d say these were done on a noritsu with automatic adjustments to favor the highlights. There is a very good chance that if you scanned these at home using something like Silverfast, you would get a much broader tonal response. Never trust lab scans unless you are going to an experienced, high-end lab that is capable of doing hires scans without any adjustments.

I thought at one time Ilford owned Ciba chrome later ilfordchrome ?

Great vid as always, but not a fan of the price or results. I’ll still buy a couple to support the movement.

Holy crap, your voice sounds exactly like James from Linus Tech Tips 😂

They have done color film before

Hey man I feel attacked

let's visit jakarta, please :)

Try taking a picture of garbage in Japan. It’s like a needle in a haystack. And if you do find garbage, you might not know it’s garbage.

It is NOT their first colour film.

9:24 yo that girl is a demon bro glad you got out of there safely

oof, cool to see a new film stock but that look is not for me. no dynamic range on either end of the spectrum.

I pretty much left the scene and watching videos because of the price. Film + scanning here sets me back $35+ per roll. Just no way to realistically do this hobby anymore