Harman Phoenix 200
This is a test of the new negative color film Harman Phoenix 200 with my Minolta XD5 SLR camera (years 1979-1984).
The Minolta XD5 body was equipped with a Minolta MD (III) 1:2.8 f=28mm lens with a protective Hoya 49mm UV HMC Expert filter and the original shade hood for the 28mm lenses.
The camera was loaded with the 36-exposure color film and exposed for 200 ISO using either the body light meter in the three modes available (M, A, S) and/or checked with a Minolta Autometer III equipped with a 10° viewfinder for selective measuring and privileging the shadow areas.
Jardin Botanique de Lyon, March 18, 2024
Parc de la Tête d'Or
69006 Lyon
France
After exposures the film was processed using a local lab service using the C-41 process. The film was then digitized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The duplication light was set to 4800K instead of 8600K for regular negative color film with the classical orange mask. The RAW files obtained were then processed without intermediate files in LR and finally edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
The results shows that this experimental film by Harman is prone to strong halation in the hight lights giving a yellow halo. The film is also and characterized by a strong contrast.
About the camera : Minolta XD5 was manufactured in Japan and released in 1979, two years after the XD7 (XD11 in certain markets). The camera was resized to the "gold dimensions" of the Barnack Leica (approx. 13x3x5 cm) as Olympus did for its OM1 several years before. Minolta XD5 is very closed to the XD7 body with only a few features suppressed. It has the same electronic shutter made of vertical metal shutters and offered for the first time the double mode of automatism with aperture priority (A) and shutter priority (S) with a new series of MD series. XD bodies served has basis for the Leica R4 to R7 SLR and was developped consequently with Leitz. XD camera were more expensive than Minolta X-700 and X-500 famous SLR and co-existed in the catalog from 1981 to 1984.
I found this XD5 from my local photography shop with its likely normal original lens a Minolta MD (III) 1:2 f=50mm. The Minolta MD 1:2.8 f=28mm wide-angle lens is part of my collection of Minolta lens. So far it the time I use this lens for film photography.
Harman Phoenix 200
This is a test of the new negative color film Harman Phoenix 200 with my Minolta XD5 SLR camera (years 1979-1984).
The Minolta XD5 body was equipped with a Minolta MD (III) 1:2.8 f=28mm lens with a protective Hoya 49mm UV HMC Expert filter and the original shade hood for the 28mm lenses.
The camera was loaded with the 36-exposure color film and exposed for 200 ISO using either the body light meter in the three modes available (M, A, S) and/or checked with a Minolta Autometer III equipped with a 10° viewfinder for selective measuring and privileging the shadow areas.
Jardin Botanique de Lyon, March 18, 2024
Parc de la Tête d'Or
69006 Lyon
France
After exposures the film was processed using a local lab service using the C-41 process. The film was then digitized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The duplication light was set to 4800K instead of 8600K for regular negative color film with the classical orange mask. The RAW files obtained were then processed without intermediate files in LR and finally edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
The results shows that this experimental film by Harman is prone to strong halation in the hight lights giving a yellow halo. The film is also and characterized by a strong contrast.
About the camera : Minolta XD5 was manufactured in Japan and released in 1979, two years after the XD7 (XD11 in certain markets). The camera was resized to the "gold dimensions" of the Barnack Leica (approx. 13x3x5 cm) as Olympus did for its OM1 several years before. Minolta XD5 is very closed to the XD7 body with only a few features suppressed. It has the same electronic shutter made of vertical metal shutters and offered for the first time the double mode of automatism with aperture priority (A) and shutter priority (S) with a new series of MD series. XD bodies served has basis for the Leica R4 to R7 SLR and was developped consequently with Leitz. XD camera were more expensive than Minolta X-700 and X-500 famous SLR and co-existed in the catalog from 1981 to 1984.
I found this XD5 from my local photography shop with its likely normal original lens a Minolta MD (III) 1:2 f=50mm. The Minolta MD 1:2.8 f=28mm wide-angle lens is part of my collection of Minolta lens. So far it the time I use this lens for film photography.