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October 7th, 2016, 09:36 PM | #1 |
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35mm or Medium format?
I often wonder if some of the old mags were shot on 35mm or medium format film. Sometimes it's hard to tell as the quality of printing in mags like Whitehouse was sometimes not very good. 35mm would certainly have been cheaper, but the quality of some of the continental mags suggests that at least some was shot on medium format.
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October 7th, 2016, 09:46 PM | #2 |
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If I recall, the favoured film stock was kodachrome, and it was only available on 35mm, however there was a lot of work done on both medium (6x6 or 6x9) and large format 5x4 inch. There was a comment, a good big un will always beat a good little un!
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I did wonder, as I bought and old RB67 kit a few years back and inside the case was a liberal sprinkling of of pubic hair! I wondered what it had been used for!
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Though I think Kodachrome also used to be available in medium and large format as well.
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i worked in a photographic agency when I left school The favored format was 1/2 frame (4x5) for high quality full frame (10x8) small was 2.1/2 x 2.1/2 and 35mm was very rarely used only for press shot that didn't matter alot. This was in the early '60
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I'm guessing that as some of the films from the 70's and to a lesser extent, the 80's use 35mm film cameras as props in some films that they at least had a few of those around. I wonder what Whitehouse Mag was shot with? The covers certainly look medium format quality.
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Page three was done on medium format (120 roll film) and a 150 or 180mm lens which give the images a flattering flattening of the picture and zero distortion- ideal for protraits. Suze Randal used 35mm film alot- possibly low ISO stuff in combination with lots of lighting to get around the lower resolution/higher grain issue.
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