AshigrainColour negative · Experimental
Harman Phoenix 200
Harman's first colour film: grain, contrast, halation.
Harman Phoenix 200's best-known trait: strong halation around bright lights, with high contrast and visible grain. Original vs Ashigrain.
At a glance
- Exposure index
- 200
- Daylight
- Introduced
- 2023
- Process
- C-41
- Prints on
- Scan
About the film
Late in 2022 a small skunk-works team at Harman's factory in Mobberley, England, was set up to find out whether a colour film could be designed, coated and made there.
Harman announced Phoenix 200 on 1 December 2023 as the first colour film made at Mobberley from emulsion to cassette, and its technical sheet is dated November 2023. The first batch went to selected retailers in limited quantities. Harman describes an experimental film with high contrast, strong visible grain and punchy colour, at its best outdoors in even light and metered for the mid-tones. It has no masking dyes and only limited antihalation in the base, so halation around bright lights is likely. Rated ISO 200/24° for C-41, it can be exposed from EI 100 to 400, but Harman does not recommend push processing. It was sold in 36-exposure DX-coded 35 mm cassettes. In July 2025 Harman released Phoenix II, an entirely reformulated emulsion with more normal contrast and colour balance, finer grain and wider latitude by Harman's account.
Sources for this history
- HARMAN PHOENIX 200 Technical Information (November 2023), HARMAN technology Limited
- Harman Photo announces new Phoenix colour negative film, Kosmo Foto
- Harman Technology releases Phoenix II colour negative film, Kosmo Foto
The look
Harman Phoenix 200 is an experimental ISO 200 daylight colour negative for C-41, with high contrast, strong visible grain and punchy colour. It has no orange mask and only limited antihalation in the base, so bright lights halate strongly. Ashigrain renders it as a scan for your grade.
Best for
- Punchy, grainy colour outdoors in even light
- Night streets with haloed lights
- Lo-fi and experimental projects
Compare camera films
FilmSpeedGrain, RMS σD · lower means finer grainYears made
Ansco Color Negative 843Ansco Color Negative 843−3⅔ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 16−3⅔ stops.0041951
Gevacolor Negative T 6.51Gevacolor Negative T 6.51−3⅔ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 16−3⅔ stops.0071951
Technicolor Process IITechnicolor Process II−3⅔ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 16−3⅔ stops.0191922
Trucolor (two-colour)Trucolor (two-colour)−3⅔ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 16−3⅔ stops.0191945
Kodak Kodachrome 25Kodak Kodachrome 25−3 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 25−3 stops.0141974
Agfacolor Typ 432Agfacolor Typ 432−2⅔ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 32−2⅔ stops.0071962
Kodak Aerochrome III 1443Kodak Aerochrome III 1443−2⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 40−2⅓ stops.0292001
Kodak Vision3 50DKodak Vision3 50DMade since 2011, in production · −2 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 50−2 stops.0042011–
Fujifilm Velvia 50Fujifilm Velvia 50Made since 2007, in production · −2 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 50−2 stops.0112007–
Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50−2 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 50−2 stops.0041995
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50−2 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 50−2 stops.0111998
Fujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type IIFujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type II−1⅔ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 64−1⅔ stops.0132002
Kodak Kodachrome 64Kodak Kodachrome 64Made 1974–2009 · −1⅔ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 64−1⅔ stops.0161974–2009
Polaroid Type 669Polaroid Type 669−1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 80−1⅓ stops.0231981
Ilford Ortho PlusIlford Ortho PlusMade since 1997, in production · −1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 80−1⅓ stops.0131997–
Kodak Ektar 100Kodak Ektar 100Made since 2008, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 100−1 stop.0052008–
Kodak Ektachrome 100DKodak Ektachrome 100DMade since 2018, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0132018–
Lucky Super GBR 100Lucky Super GBR 100−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 100−1 stop.0052001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 100−1 stop.0052002
Fujifilm Astia 100FFujifilm Astia 100FMade 2003–2012 · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0112003–12
Fujifilm Velvia 100Fujifilm Velvia 100Made since 2003, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0112003–
Kodak Ektachrome E100SKodak Ektachrome E100S−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0151996
Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 100−1 stop.0051998
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0111998
Kodak Ektachrome E100VSKodak Ektachrome E100VS−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0171998
Fujifilm Provia 100FFujifilm Provia 100FMade since 2000, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0102000–
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0181988
Fujifilm FP-100CFujifilm FP-100CMade 1992–2016 · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0221992–2016
Lomography Redscale XR 50-200Lomography Redscale XR 50-200−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 100−1 stop.0052025
Fomapan R 100Fomapan R 100Made since 1980, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0211980–
Kodak T-Max 100Kodak T-Max 100Made since 1986, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0081986–
Ilford Delta 100Ilford Delta 100Made since 1992, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 100−1 stop.0071992–
Agfa Agfapan APX 100Agfa Agfapan APX 100−1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 100−1 stop.0071998
Fomapan 100 ClassicFomapan 100 ClassicMade since 2016, in production · −1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 100−1 stop.0122016–
Eastman Color Negative 5247Eastman Color Negative 5247−⅔ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 125−⅔ stop.0051983
Kodak Technical PanKodak Technical Pan−⅔ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 125−⅔ stop.0081977
Kodak Portra 160Kodak Portra 160Made since 2011, in production · −⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 160−⅓ stop.0062011–
Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160−⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 160−⅓ stop.0061995
Kodak Vision3 200TKodak Vision3 200TMade since 2010, in production · same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 200same speed.0062010–
Kodak Verita 200DKodak Verita 200DMade since 2026, in production · same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 200same speed.0062026–
Kodak Gold 200Kodak Gold 200Made since 2007, in production · same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 200same speed.0082007–
Lucky Super GBR 200Lucky Super GBR 200same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 200same speed.0072001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 200same speed.0052002
Kodak Ektachrome E200Kodak Ektachrome E200same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 200same speed.0181997
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 200same speed.0141998
Kodak Kodachrome 200Kodak Kodachrome 200same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 200same speed.0271986
Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Made since 2003, in production · same speed vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 200same speed.0242003–
Kodak Vision3 250DKodak Vision3 250DMade since 2009, in production · +⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 250+⅓ stop.0062009–
Fujifilm Eterna 250Fujifilm Eterna 250+⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 250+⅓ stop.0052006
Fujifilm Eterna 250DFujifilm Eterna 250DMade 2005–2013 · +⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 250+⅓ stop.0052005–13
Kodak Vision 250DKodak Vision 250DMade 1997–2005 · +⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 250+⅓ stop.0071997–2005
Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Made since 2009, in production · +⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 250+⅓ stop.0132009–
Eastman Double-X 5222Eastman Double-X 5222Made since 1960, in production · +⅓ stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 250+⅓ stop.0131960–
Kodak Portra 400Kodak Portra 400Made since 2010, in production · +1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 400+1 stop.0072010–
Fujifilm Provia 400FFujifilm Provia 400F+1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 400+1 stop.0172000
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400+1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 400+1 stop.0062004
Fujifilm Pro 400HFujifilm Pro 400HMade 2004–2021 · +1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 400+1 stop.0052004–21
Kodak Ektachrome 400XKodak Ektachrome 400X+1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 400+1 stop.0371992
Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400+1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 400+1 stop.0052006
LomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissedLomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissed+1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 400+1 stop.0052024
Kodak Tri-X 400Kodak Tri-X 400Made since 1954, in production · +1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 400+1 stop.0171954–
Kodak T-Max 400Kodak T-Max 400Made since 2007, in production · +1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 400+1 stop.0102007–
Ilford HP5 PlusIlford HP5 PlusMade since 1989, in production · +1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 400+1 stop.0161989–
Ilford Delta 400Ilford Delta 400Made since 2002, in production · +1 stop vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 400+1 stop.0102002–
Kodak Vision3 500TKodak Vision3 500TMade since 2007, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 500+1⅓ stops.0072007–
Kodak 500T 5230Kodak 500T 5230+1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 500+1⅓ stops.0092011
Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Made 2009–2013 · +1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 500+1⅓ stops.0052009–13
Kodak Vision2 500TKodak Vision2 500T+1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 500+1⅓ stops.0092009
Fujicolor Reala 500DFujicolor Reala 500D+1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 500+1⅓ stops.0052001
Kodak Vision2 Expression 500TKodak Vision2 Expression 500T+1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 500+1⅓ stops.0092003
Fujifilm Eterna 500Fujifilm Eterna 500Made 2004–2013 · +1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain finerEI 500+1⅓ stops.0052004–13
Anscochrome D/500Anscochrome D/500+1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 500+1⅓ stops.0381967
Eastman EXR 500TEastman EXR 500TMade 1989–1995 · +1⅓ stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 500+1⅓ stops.0081989–95
Kodak Portra 800Kodak Portra 800Made since 2000, in production · +2 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 800+2 stops.0092000–
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800+2 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 800+2 stops.0072004
Kodak Vision 800TKodak Vision 800T+2 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 800+2 stops.0101998
Konica Centuria Super 1600Konica Centuria Super 1600+3 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain the sameEI 1600+3 stops.0072002
Kodak Ektachrome P1600Kodak Ektachrome P1600+3 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 1600+3 stops.0501999
Kodak T-Max P3200Kodak T-Max P3200Made since 1988, in production · +4 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 3200+4 stops.0181988–
Ilford Delta 3200Ilford Delta 3200Made since 1998, in production · +4 stops vs Harman Phoenix 200 · grain coarserEI 3200+4 stops.0191998–
Science & sources
An unmasked daylight colour negative rated at EI 200. It defaults to a scan. The model is reconstructed: its curves are traced from Harman's chart on an assumed exposure anchor and its sensitivity is converted from the sheet's wedge spectrogram, while its dye shapes come from Agfa Optima II 100 (borrowed in turn from Kodak Vision3 250D) and its grain and MTF from Kodak Portra 800.
Response curves and the evidence behind the model
Compare manufacturer data with Ashigrain’s response on the same axes. These curves show how the model is calibrated to its sources; they do not establish a match to photographed film.
Characteristic response
RMS granularity
Density variation (σD). Where the datasheet gives a single grain value, the response away from that point is an approximation.
| Channel | Density | Datasheet-based σD | Model σD |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 0.3 | 0.009679 | 0.009586 |
| G | 0.3 | 0.012154 | 0.01187 |
| B | 0.3 | 0.030611 | 0.030057 |
| R | 0.6 | 0.006716 | 0.006651 |
| G | 0.6 | 0.009066 | 0.008854 |
| B | 0.6 | 0.023624 | 0.023197 |
| R | 1 | 0.006315 | 0.006254 |
| G | 1 | 0.007129 | 0.006962 |
| B | 1 | 0.019107 | 0.018761 |
| R | 1.5 | 0.005885 | 0.005829 |
| G | 1.5 | 0.008109 | 0.007919 |
| B | 1.5 | 0.020119 | 0.019755 |
| G | 2 | 0.006053 | 0.005911 |
| B | 2 | 0.015302 | 0.015025 |
Model limits
These images show the film model in use. Spectral response, lighting and viewing conditions include approximations. Halation, bloom, grain size, weave and flicker are not fully measured for each film. The look of real film also depends on development and print timing.
- Custom lighting spectra, camera metering and the spectral reflectance inferred from fixed-white-balance footage are assumptions used by the model, not measurements of this film.
- Colour-print timing and scan balance under arbitrary lighting are modelled. Scanner colour balance has no standard physical unit.
- The sheet rates the film for daylight only and gives no tungsten exposure index. The optional conversion filters use separate measured spectra; the source does not calibrate their effect on this film.
- The characteristic curves are traced from the sheet's chart, which uses a relative exposure axis. Its normal-exposure point is not printed; its alignment is assumed.
- The spectral sensitivity is printed as a wedge spectrogram to 2856 K tungsten. Converting it to sensitivity uses an assumed wedge constant.
- The sheet prints no dye spectra. The dye shapes come from Agfa Optima II 100's model, which borrows them from Kodak Vision3 250D (5207), a proxy rather than this film's dyes.
- The sheet prints no granularity or MTF. Both are proxied from Kodak Portra 800, whose model grain is itself borrowed from Kodak Vision3 500T (5219), so the granularity values shown are not measurements of Phoenix 200.
- The sheet states only limited antihalation in the base. Halation strength, radius, layer weights and bloom are not measured.
- Reciprocity follows the sheet's correction formula above its threshold time. The sheet gives no upper limit for the formula, so the range it is applied over is an approximation.
- Push and pull have no published curves for this film and use a generic model.
- Individual dye amounts, layer interactions and push/pull behaviour are approximated where the datasheet provides no calibration. Grain size is assumed; published RMS granularity does not specify dye-cloud size.
- Characteristic response outside the published exposure range is an extrapolation, not measured film data.
- Under custom lights the fast rendering path follows the full spectral calculation less closely for this film than for most others.
- The default output is a scan. Scan balance has no standard unit and is modelled.
- The printer lamp and filter spectra and the Status A grey aim used in this preview are approximated; the source does not publish the required spectral or laboratory aim data.
Reciprocity: modelled from 1/10000 s to 100 s, following the datasheet's corrections for long and short exposures. Exposure time stops at the ends of that range.
Film guide: assumptions and practical choices
Sources
- Exposure index: HARMAN PHOENIX 200 ISO 200/24 C41 process colour film, Technical Information, Footer 'Page n of 6 ... Nov 2023'; PDF created 2023-11-15 (macodirect item HP2011, English), p. 1
- Characteristic curves: HARMAN PHOENIX 200 ISO 200/24 C41 process colour film, Technical Information, Footer 'Page n of 6 ... Nov 2023'; PDF created 2023-11-15 (macodirect item HP2011, English), p. 3
- Process: HARMAN PHOENIX 200 ISO 200/24 C41 process colour film, Technical Information, Footer 'Page n of 6 ... Nov 2023'; PDF created 2023-11-15 (macodirect item HP2011, English), p. 3