My first roll of Harman Phoenix 200 | Shot on Canon P / 35mm
I shot my first roll of Harman Phoenix 200 throughout August and September. These are a few street shots from uptown Frankfurt, the Messe area, my home district Ginnheim, as well as Bockenheim and Höchst.
The results turned out better than I expected. After watching several film YouTubers review this stock, I was worried the colors would lean too much toward red, and that the contrast might be too harsh for midday shots. There is a noticeable red tint, and some halation, but I think it’s still acceptable. This film works well if you’re going for that specific look or effect, but it’s not ideal for everyday or vacation photography — at least not for me. I do like how the colors of the sky came out, though.
Overall, it’s a decent first attempt by Ilford/Harman at color film. I hope they continue to develop and improve it further.
| Shot on Canon P / 35mm / Harman Phoenix 200
The Browser I was waiting for
In times when one does not want to use Chrome or other Chromium-based browsers, and the new and trendy browsers like Arc are Chromium-based, the choice is quite limited—especially if you want proper extensions and a design that doesn’t suck. So, Firefox is out because it looks terrible. But Gecko is fast and reliable. In the search for a Gecko-based browser that tries to be a bit more modern and doesn’t look terrible, I stumbled upon Zen Browser. It’s basically “just” a Firefox fork with a nice UI that adapts modern ideas for tab management. It’s still in alpha and sometimes has bugs, but it works very well, and it’s currently my default browser on both my private and work computers.
Picture of the Münchner Straße
This Picture was taken on a very cold but sunny Tuesday morning in May on the Münchner Straße in Frankfurt am Main with an iPhone X using its 50mm-style lens. I used a preset-filter to give the image a little bit more warmth than the camera originaly did. But I feel the colors are pretty much like they were on this day.
(This was originally posted 15.05.2019 on my old blog.)