First tests with medium format, with the new-to-me soviet beauty. Finally got my hands to a economical flatbed capable of medium format, in this case an old canoscan 8000f. It doesn't have recent drivers, so my current workaround is a VM running Win 7 – might write SANE drivers for it at some point if it doesn't prove too difficult a task. Resolution is low (2400dpi) but enough for medium format since there's more to work with (I already have a dedicated machine for 135), and it's not like more recent flatbeds are much better in terms of real optical resolution. What these have got going for them is the price, got mine for 15 €.
Old-timey equipment has it's own feel – and when the city has a matching aesthetic it can indeed be fairly convincing replica of what it might've looked like. Cars tend to be a giveaway, another is fashion, but just the b&w already does a lot (like in the following example).