Thank you for sharing your experience as I am not aware of anyone that got such dire results with the medium format Phoenix. You’re absolutely right, if a company is charging more for its product (in this case, film) than a similar product in the market place, the results it delivers should be judged, when outstandingly poor.
Harman took the UK Film Community’s good will and patriotic support for granted when it first launched Phoenix when it didn’t hold even one launch event anywhere in the UK - so perhaps it’s sales are down as photographers realise it’s not just ‘experimental’ but was rushed to market and needs a lot more tweaking to be anywhere near a £11 - £13 price tag.
I shot a roll, in 35mm, in the Italian sunshine a month ago. It's not for me ... Didn't like the way it rendered colours and almost no shadow details.
But it's still exciting that they're putting the money into developing new emulsions.
Thank you for sharing your experience as I am not aware of anyone that got such dire results with the medium format Phoenix. You’re absolutely right, if a company is charging more for its product (in this case, film) than a similar product in the market place, the results it delivers should be judged, when outstandingly poor.
Harman took the UK Film Community’s good will and patriotic support for granted when it first launched Phoenix when it didn’t hold even one launch event anywhere in the UK - so perhaps it’s sales are down as photographers realise it’s not just ‘experimental’ but was rushed to market and needs a lot more tweaking to be anywhere near a £11 - £13 price tag.