ReviewHarman Switch Azure 125: first roll back

Got my first roll of Switch Azure back from the lab yesterday and I've been staring at it ever since...

For anyone who missed it, it's Harman's experimental colour negative with the couplers swapped about, so the colours go off in directions you don't quite expect. Which is the point, I suppose. Shot it round Brighton seafront on a grey Tuesday at box speed in the K1000.

The pier came out a sort of cold teal, and the people on the beach went a warm salmon colour that's either horrible or wonderful depending on how much coffee I've had. My dad would have taken one look and said the lab had made a mess of it, and in fairness to him that's exactly what it looks like. I loved about half of it. I'm going to shoot two more.

Has anyone tried it in proper sunshine? I can't help wondering whether it goes completely mad in bright light, or whether the grey day was doing all the work...

Shot one in Glasgow, which means I shot it in grey as well. Same as you, odd but I liked it on the tenements, the sandstone went a sort of pink against a green sky. Wouldn't put it anywhere near a face. Gave it an extra stop on the second roll and it calmed down a fair bit, so try that if you want it less mental.

ordered 2 rolls, waiting on them. pete how much was it

HannahC41 said:

pete how much was it

Not far off a roll of Gold, give or take. Cheaper than therapy, more confusing than therapy. Shoot it somewhere boring, Hannah, it does its best work on things that don't matter.