Chesterfield Market Hall

Looks quite 60's, like that (y)
 
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This is proving that old époque look doesn't have to be
toned sepia! A simple lack of DR, no tonal taming and
absence of micro contrast do it all.

Nige, what I listed are not faults but explain why your take
really works so well in your chosen approach. :cool:
 
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“Excellent” presentation Sir, the range of tones and detail are very nice.(y)

George.
 
Kodiak Qc said:
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This is proving that old époque look doesn't have to be
toned sepia! A simple lack of DR, no tonal taming and
absence of micro contrast do it all.

Nige, what I listed are not faults but explain why your take
really works so well in your chosen approach. :cool:
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Thanks. Sepia is not something I tend to do anyway to be honest. I like the slightly old-fashioned look that medium format provides as-is with black and white film, and think sepia can look a bit "faux" unless it's done well (or as the genuine physical article), neither ow which I think I have the skill for.
 
Excellent shot. As said, the tone and details are great. Have to put some film in the old 524/16 and give it a bash.
 
FishyFish said:
I like the slightly old-fashioned look that medium format provides as-is with black and white film,
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Should read:

I like the slightly old-fashioned look that medium format provide
as-is with black and white film with given lenses and processing…

… the format plays no role in this, Nige! :cool:
 
Kodiak Qc said:
Should read:

I like the slightly old-fashioned look that medium format provide
as-is with black and white film with given lenses and processing…

… the format plays no role in this, Nige! :cool:
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I don’t know. I think there’s a definite look to medium format and film, in the same way there is to large format. There’s something about the way scenes are rendered that have an evocative feeling (to me) and is one of he main reasons I started shooting it. I know that much of the look can be replicated with, as you say, given lenses and processing, but with my medium format cameras I get almost all the way to what I want straight out of camera.
 
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FishyFish said:
I don’t know.
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Tradition brought us the different large formats that were all a
tad more or less 4:5 to 1:1 ratios and some time later even 6:7.
Much later still, medium format was assigned 6:4.5 so to bridge
the smaller and more modern 35mm format cameras 2:3 ratio.
FishyFish said:
with my medium format cameras I get almost all the way to what I want straight out of camera.
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All possible with any age gear when having the appropriate ap-
proach. Colours, contrast, etc were the same when I was taking
E6 positive film with either my small format Nikons or the RZ67
or my beloved P2… on equivalent quality lenses. Sure there was
a HUGE difference between formats but it came down to only one
word: resolution.
 
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