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Medium Rare

07/Aug/2013

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.

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

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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.

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