whyyoutookmyname OP t1_j5ap1u3 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:58 PM

Description of the photo:

March 1943. "New York, N.Y. Times Square on a rainy day." Now playing: Disney's "Saludos Amigos." Afterward we can grab a bite at the Automat. Medium format negative by John Vachon, Office of War Information.

Source Photo (in B&W) retrived from Shorpy.com

PoorFilmSchoolAlumn t1_j5cyca6 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 2:19 AM

Looks low-res for medium format.

LittleKitty235 t1_j5d789v wrote on January 22, 2023 at 3:27 AM

How can you tell? By looking at the pixels? 🥴

Medium format like 120 could have shown more detail, but any number of factors in the steps from through development to digitiation could have degraded it. Seems reasonable to me to be medium format.

PoorFilmSchoolAlumn t1_j5dedlx wrote on January 22, 2023 at 4:27 AM

I’m not doubting it was shot on medium format. I’m just making a joke about the image quality.

chewls_verne t1_j5dj9mz wrote on January 22, 2023 at 5:12 AM

Film could be a higher speed maybe?