Phoenix 120 | Rise From The Grain

[@TUTTLECAMERAS]

You are the master of story telling. Thank you for taking us on the journey of the new Phoenix 120 photo shoot. 🙌🏻

[@StepsAndStoness]

Thank you guys so much for making it happen! Such a fun new stock

[@landonakiyama]

That "it's fire season" line just got me 😂 Great video man! Love how you weave a narrative while still giving us all the details on this release. Also dope shots dude!! Phoenix 120 looks promising!

[@StepsAndStoness]

And to think I said that BEFORE this heatwave! thanks dude🙏

[@theoldcameraguy]

Great shots! I’ve shot the 35mm Phoenix at 100 ISO and have been pretty happy with that.

[@StepsAndStoness]

I need to play around with this larger version at a few different iso options because it does seem to have a bit more latitude than what I remembered. Thanks for checking it out!

[@henrygarcia3578]

The first mailbox shot my god its BEA-U-TIFUL!!! Gonna need a print of that one!

[@StepsAndStoness]

Thank you so much! Your wish is my command, this has been added to the print shop 🦾

[@joecollinsphoto]

Love you line at the end! Perfect!

[@StepsAndStoness]

🤣

[@Wavingatthemountains]

This is my favorite format and I’m so happy that they released 120!! Thank you for making this video. I can’t wait to try it!! ✨

[@StepsAndStoness]

You got to shoot some this fall! Thanks for scoping the video 🙏

[@ericbenson]

Well done as always!

[@StepsAndStoness]

🙏🙏

[@brynneandpeter]

All my favorite spots in Palm Springs! Love this.

[@StepsAndStoness]

I wish I could have captured more of it!

[@apelfilm]

I struggled looking for classic cars when I went as well. Great video.

[@StepsAndStoness]

Things change when it hits over 100 on the daily. Great shots as well dude, you made it work!

[@raulcstetson]

Love the video! I think of using this for fall since it's very moody and contrast as is. And I love that you use a pentax 67 because I do too!

[@StepsAndStoness]

This film looks like a great option for fall!

[@patrickrostker6693]

Hot shots 🔥 ! It seems I should try dslr scanning now, been lazy and letting the lab do it all..meh. I love the vid, keep up the exploring 🎉 cheers

[@StepsAndStoness]

game changer!

[@phillipgregorymortoniii4113]

cool video bro!

[@StepsAndStoness]

Cool scans bro ;)

[@SteveKleinheider]

Excellent video!

[@slipknotserge]

As Coachella valley native, no one goes out during the day in the summer. People come out at sundown..like vampires lol

[@StepsAndStoness]

I like vampires!

[@ForkingAround]

IM GREEDY! Great video though. A master of storytelling right here.

[@StepsAndStoness]

Bhaha Thanks dude!

[@metalfingersfilm]

bruh everyone got some but me 😭😭

[@KimHojbergJensen]

Very nice video. I just ordered a Valoi 120 template and 3 B&W films. Now I just need the camera 😊. I have a bunch of Pentax 645 on my watch list on eBay, so I have to go and pick. I noted the difference between DSLR scans and Frontier. Fr example, to photo att 7:16. How do you remember it? Closer to DSLR or Frontier?

[@StepsAndStoness]

All the DSLR scans feel very much how the day looked! Love this film, it just needs a little more TLC in the scanning process to let it shine

[@armonakil]

Great video! I was wondering where you got the left hand grip with the all black hardware? I’ve been looking for a left hand grip for a while.

[@StepsAndStoness]

eBay is my dark mistress!

[@adamsiegfried6098]

Did you shoot Phoenix at box speed this time?

[@tsunamitowne13]

How could you not try phoenix 135 by using a set of adapter for 67, my friend?

[@estwern]

No word about price. Why nobody who got the film for free and published the required yt video, made at least a hint on the subject?

[@thatfellarosto]

it's $11.99 (this took 10 seconds to look up 😔)

[@estwern]

@@thatfellarosto doesn't matter how fast you can search, it's about information provided to viewers by the author. Because it is a balance between price/result that needs to be clear for all, before going to buy the product advertised.

[@thatfellarosto]

@@estwern Its the same product thats been around since December, just a bigger negative. the differences would be obvious even without seeing scans.

[@estwern]

@@thatfellarosto that's another thing...being the same. we thought that buying (and in extenso supporting the company) we will get better and consistent new film. they said that this is what they will do. instead, we get 120, which is obliviously a bit better, but nothing changed in the 35mm zone. i hope (and from online chatter we are 'a few') that at some point, this batch of film will eventually be over and get the v2 as fast as they can do it again.

[@randallstewart1224]

Well, I'm certain glad to hear that Phoenix 120 has "charm", because it does not have: Color control. Cannot do a red, just a ruddy orange. Contrast so excessive that it will make a devoted Ektar 100 user weep with frustration. Grain the size of ping-pong balls. Sharpness? "We don't need no stinking sharpness." Okay, Harmon says it's a proof of concept. What does that mean? What is that "concept" being proved? That Harmon can make a color negative film comparable to any number of others on the market? Clearly not. That Harmon can make a color film which may not be the greatest, but is very inexpensive. Clearly not. So, here's a concept they may be trying to prove: You can make a film so conventionally bad that no one familiar with it would pay more than $3 a roll for it, but you can sell enough at full market film price to make the whole project worthwhile if you can get YT photo-channel nerds to hype the hell out of it as something special that only the cool kids use.