Shooting Medium Format Film in Mexico City

Jun 19

It felt like ages since the last time I was shooting medium format but in reality it was only a few months without touching any. The camera I was shooting belongs to my friend Alejandro and last year I was already trying out the Fuji when I was in Mexico City. Back then I was thinking about buying a new medium format camera which resulted in me picking up a Fuji GF670. In this case it was a GA645 which is actually not a bad choice, especially these days with current film prices. You are getting 50% more images out a roll of 120 film and that will make a difference. The camera is considered to be a point and shoot but you can set ip manually. However, it is a little cumbersome to do and when you put in a new roll of film it will reset all the settings. I forgot about that and it ruined a bunch of shots since I was shooting wide open at f/4 instead of f/8 how I initially set up the aperture.

For the street shots I used the flash and that actually works very well. It’s not very powerful and you have to get close otherwise it won’t really show up in the photos. Later on when we shot portraits of each other I switched over to autofocus and the flash was turned off.

The Kodak Ektacolor Pro 160 expired ten years ago but the results look nice, especially when you take into consideration that I was probably not stored in a fridge and instead was sitting on a shelf in a camera shop. On top of that Carmencita did a brilliant job scanning the negs!