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I had been wondering to myself, "How can I top shooting a music festival on 35mm film?" The only logical answer was to shoot with a larger film stock: medium format.

I saw a Mamiya 645 with an 80mm f/1.9 lens for sale in Real Camera Manchester and was drawn to it for the fast lens and economical film size. With the films or specialist developers available I knew that EI 3200 would be easily achievable, so I added this beast to my growing collection of equipment.

My first experiments were at Corporation, in the dark room at the back of the venue.

This was an encouraging first result, but the format's true beauty shone in portraiture:

And so, armed with this little experience and four rolls of Kodak Tri-X 400, I made my annual pilgrimage to Bradford, to shoot Infest 2013.