Why Harman's new colour film Phoenix is such big news 

I’m so happy Harman brought their chops to the table. They make fantastic BW films. But now that they’re making color film, it’s a real boost that we film shooters have been wanting. Great video, Stephen!

Stephen, I couldn't agree more with your comments. Harman are to be congratulated for stepping up. I think some of the critics of Phoenix 200 miss the point about what it is and are not well informed about the challenges involved in starting colour film manufacturing from scratch. Thank you for publishing this commentary. Users of film seem to often get quite emotionally invested in it. I get this-I really do-but the voice of reason is not always present in online dialogue and it is sometimes much needed. Bottom line-I cannot see how this initiative by Harman can be anything other than good news for film photographers. They should be commended for putting (a lot) of dollars into the future of film photography. Cheers, Brett

Dear Stephen, Canny video as always👍 This is truly great news for all us colour negative film shooters out there👍🤘👏😎😁 Regards,

The world is too colorful to shoot only b&w. I’m glad Harman came out with a new color film. Also Adox is coming with a 6 asa color film. Although I’m yet the grasp their iso to temperature statement. In anyway, I haven’t tried Orwo yet. I’m gonna try me some in the run of next month I think. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻

Back in the 1960s when standard 8mm was the only basic amateur movie film Ilfochrome was a good deal. However it was nothing like Agfachrome, or even Ferrania, let alone Kodak. I actually think Ilford might have made the stuff themselves, but if they did buy it in it was not from the usual sources. Ilfocolour might have sourced elsewhere, never used it a lot. Plenty of ilfochrome movies though. Still working through my first roll of Phoenix and looking forward to see how it comes out.

I think its great that Harman is making color film again, especially since Kodak is the only "major" player making like 99% of the color film out there & Fuji is't making film anymore

A big problem with this film is that it is not really compatible with RA-4 papers. It can be printed, but is a pain in the ass to do so. I do not accept the argument "but everybody scans their film nowadays". No, we don´t..That said, this is an experimental film and should be treated as such.