HARMAN Phoenix 200 is the world's newest limited edition colour film

The Transcontinenta Group, as distributor of HARMAN PHOTO in the Netherlands and Germany, announces the brand-new limited edition 35mm colour film: HARMAN Phoenix 200.

HARMAN technology Ltd, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of analogue photographic film, photographic paper and photographic chemicals. The HARMAN Phoenix 200 is the very first colour film to be designed and manufactured entirely from emulsion to cassette at their factory in Mobberley - a significant and incredibly exciting milestone.

"We are so well known for our black & white films that we are regularly asked why we don’t make colour films.” says Greg Summers, Managing Director. “We always believed this wasn’t feasible, but I’m delighted to say we were wrong! It was initially an experiment to explore what was possible, but what we achieved in such a short space of time is quite remarkable."

In late-2022, a small team was tasked with a secret ‘skunk works’ project to see whether they could design, coat, and manufacture a colour film at HARMAN’s UK site in Mobberley, Cheshire.

Meet HARMAN Phoenix 200

The result is HARMAN Phoenix, an ISO 200 colour negative film with an unmistakably analogue look. It produces high contrast images with strong, visible grain and punchy, vibrant colours. It comes in a 36 exposure DX-coded cassette and can be rated between ISO 100 and 400 but performs best at ISO 200 in good, consistent light, with the possibility of halation.

"We think this is unlike any other colour film on the market.” Says Giles Branthwaite, Sales & Marketing Director. “As it is our first, we also recognize it is not perfect, but the film community is crying out for choice when it comes to colour, and we want them to know we are listening. This is just the beginning of HARMAN’s colour journey. Sales from this film allows us to further invest, refine, and improve our formulations, coating capabilities and colour technology. Our aim is that each new colour film we produce is an improvement on the previous.”

The news of this film comes on the back of significant ongoing investment by HARMAN technology and is a sign of their ongoing commitment to the future of analogue photography

Unique features

• Highly visible grain
• Vibrant colours that respond differently to scanner settings
• Strong green, pleasant red and brilliant blue
• Possibility of halo in backlit images
• Some coating defects
• Only available in 36 images
• Developed using standard C41 process
• Requires bespoke scanning parameters for printing or digitization due to the unique nature of the emulsion (available on request).

Price and availability

The HARMAN Phoenix 200 is available now at selected HARMAN Photo stores in the Netherlands and Germany at a recommended retail price of €15.49 including VAT. For more information on the Phoenix film, visit harmanphoto.co.uk or follow HARMAN Photo on Instagram, Facebook and X with @harmanphoto.