A halation is the result of relatively bright points of light projecting through the semi-transparent film and then bouncing off a film pressure plate through the layers. Halation occurs to some degree on all films, which is why manufacturers usually include an anti-halation layer with their film (famously, Kodak Vision 3’s remjet: analog.cafe/r/how-to-remov…). Most films don’t use remjet; instead, their anti-halation layer is either dissolvable or integrated deep into the emulsion.
Halations can occur on black-and-white and colour films. Colour films without the remjet layer, like CineStill 800T (analog.cafe/r/cinestill-80…), and, notably, Harman Phoenix.
Harman must have experience with anti-halation layers (since they produce all Ilford-branded black-and-white films, which use anti-halation), which suggests that excluding this feature is a deliberate choice.
Harman updates Phoenix 200 (II) with finer grain, improved colour accuracy, and wider dynamic range.
Ilford/Harman’s first colour film since the 1960s, this emulsion is a significant departure from the portfolio of black-and-white films, papers, and development chemicals at the UK factory plant.
Here’s how the reformulated Harman Phoenix II 200 compares to the original emulsion (reviewed here analog.cafe/r/harman-phoen…), according to their datasheet:
Retailers are struggling (and failing) to keep Harman’s “Blue” release a secret.
Several online stores published the product photos, name, description, and price ahead of the launch date. I’ve been hearing about the leaks since Sunday, but even more shops seem to have mistakenly published all the details ahead of time.
Many of the listings that leaked onto Google Search pages have been taken down, although some remain up, and one will even let you add it to the cart.
This is not new. I’ve seen brands and publishers I respect make the mistake due to the complexity or bugs in the scheduling software. As you can see in the screenshot, one of the indexed Google Search titles spells in all-caps “DO NOT ENABLE!!!” — perhaps a stern instruction that the machine or an employee ignored?
Note: I wrote about inverting film negatives manually in this post, analog.cafe/r/how-to-inver…, and offer a negative inversion product based on the above techniques here: film Q (analog.cafe/app/film-q)
CineStill introduces CS Negative+ Convert Tools with SpectraCOLOR™ — an Adobe Lr/Ps plugin for inverting film scans.
The technology behind CS Negative+ is “informed by the characteristic spectral sensitometric curves of traditional RA-4 darkroom prints and motion picture cinema projection prints.” Best of all, the plugins are free:
“The result is more accurate colors, better contrast, and a closer match to the original negative — all while reducing the need for complex color correction in post-processing.”
I love PetaPixel’s take on this Fujifilm development.
I hope that they are right, and “It would be very bizarre to bring that [pages about formerly discontinued Fujifilm stocks] back online if the film is not truly back in production.”
My suggestion that this event was a bug does not exclude the possibility of a premature deployment. If that’s the case, we may be seeing three highly-regarded, discontinued Fujifilm stocks back on sale!
Fujifilm updates its film product listings, leading to some hope and confusion.
Reddit users found two updated pages on the Fujifilm website listing the discontinued Fuji Pro 400H and Fuji Superia X-Tra films. Several users confirmed seeing the update in their language versions of the page, except Japan.
Fujifilm Canada even gave an email response, but it still felt confusing as it stated, “Superia X-Tra 400 and 200 speed film are available for purchase. Unfortunately, Pro 400H has been discontinued.”
Fujifilm does not brand their new colour ISO 200 and 400 films as Superia X-Tra; instead, they are marked as Fujifilm 200 and Fujifilm 400. It’s possible that the employee who responded meant that the current film line-up is staying as-is, with no revival in progress, and simply made a mistake in the namings.
Adox HR 50 costs around 7 euro here in Poland so almost the half of what Leica asks for it. I hope they will continue to sell it under the old brand at the same price. It’s ultra sharp and low grain film.
Great article! I was so intrigued by the Ilfocolor Cine Tone I went to their website and saw that they have “Ilfochrome Color Reversal” in 24 and 36 exposures. Were you aware of that? Probably Ektachrome E100 but still worth knowing about.
“Vintage,” featuring Moses Sumney, was shot on “yet-to-be-released” Kodak film.
This beautiful piece of cinematography, music, and performance was shot over a year ago on a “yet-to-be-released and never-before-used motion picture stock, which is similar to a beloved professional still photography film,” as the award-winning cinematographer Marcel Rev confirmed on his Instagram page.
Thanks for the great article. I’m planning to stay at Krabi for the summer, do you know of any film labs there? Otherwise i was planning to send the film to bangkok to develop but i take it from your review that i don’t want to send B&W film to Sweet Film Bar?
Looks like I may be visiting a Leica store for the first time this summer!
The new black-and-white ISO 50 Leica MONOPAN will be available starting August 21st. Once on sale, it should cost £10/€12/$10/$14? CAD per roll.
Many sources, including websites like DPReview, agree with you, @ellabomga: this may be white-labelled Adox HR-50. Both Leica’s and Adox films are made in Germany, both are ISO 50, and both are super panchromatic (meaning, the film can be shot with an infrared filter to get a special effect). Leica’s website has a few examples that show glowing foliage: leica-camera.com/en-int/ph….
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