Analog Therapy: Harman Phoenix 200 (Roll 4) – Konica C35 Automatic

And now for yet another Konica.

That inexpensive Konica I was yammering about in the last post? I like this one better. Why? I am glad I imagined that you asked.

• It has a rangefinder and I have a well documented rangefinder problem.
• It looks better.
• It feels better.
• With all this, it is also inexpensive.

A nice smaller sibling to the decidedly more fancy pants M mount Konica Hexar RF.

Sidebar: Stepping back and looking at the time of the year I am starting to think this multiday analog bender may be fueled by grief. Anyhoo. I do not call this analog therapy for nothing.

As stated before Harman Phoenix 200 is an interesting film. As stated in the last post, I find myself on a minor mission to try it out with different cameras. Started with an SLR before the rangefinder and point and shoot mentioned and now I wanted to run it through a compact rangefinder.

A camera I prefer over the more well known Canon Canonet QL17 GIII. A camera I no longer own. Am I saying that the Konica C35 Automatic is “better” than the Canonet? No. One can definitely make a case for the Canonet. But for me, I prefer the Konica.

Back to the film.

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The short version is:

• This is a new from scratch film rather than a possibly modified repackaged existing film.
• I really like the sample photos.

Went to kill a roll of film. And this is a camera well suited to the task. Unlike the AF2 this C35 Automatic is manual focus. While AF is often preferred this here rangefinder allows for focus and recompose once again. Once again developed with Cinestill CS41 and scanned the film. Nothing Earth shattering. Photos taken just knocking about. Here are the results.

Last thoughts.

I like this film. Seems the film had less of a red cast this time around. Since all other things were equal it would seem the camera made the difference. Still like it. After viewing the negatives I can already tell that this film can now be added to my list of favorites. How could I not? This film has inspired to get out and about and use film.

Well done Harman.

Happy capturing.

-ELW