Classic Tractor centre spread

[FNHIR]

Just been looking through some old CT's as I've been tidying my room, and was reminded of how on the centre pages they used to have a picture of machinery in action. Anyone else think this should be brought back? Or maybe Rory can tell us if it was one of the least popular pieces in that survey they did a few years back? Just wondering, I quite liked it, there were some good pics.

[nashmach]

I liked them without as you get more content 

[rorsday]

Dear FNHIR,

The centre spreads were a feature of Classic Tractor for some years, however, problems sourcing suitable images (this was at the time when early digital cameras were still vying with slides), and some less than impressive printing results, persuaded me to switch to using the centre pages for features.

Finding an image with enough sharpness and 'clout' to run across two pages, and still look good, was always a big problem. We had some decent results, but also some absolute shockers that were very fuzzy and to be honest quite embarassing.

Therefore, I don't anticipate we shall return to a stand-along centre spread.

Hope this answers your question.

Regards

Rory, Classic Tractor

[JC]

Dear FNHIR,

The centre spreads were a feature of Classic Tractor for some years, however, problems sourcing suitable images (this was at the time when early digital cameras were still vying with slides), and some less than impressive printing results, persuaded me to switch to using the centre pages for features.

Finding an image with enough sharpness and 'clout' to run across two pages, and still look good, was always a big problem. We had some decent results, but also some absolute shockers that were very fuzzy and to be honest quite embarassing.

Therefore, I don't anticipate we shall return to a stand-along centre spread.

Hope this answers your question.

Regards

Rory, Classic Tractor

That's a shame Rory, I would like to think that there are quite a few people on here who could furnish you with more than enough high quality pictures to use for that type of feature in the magazine. 

[FNHIR]

Dear FNHIR,

The centre spreads were a feature of Classic Tractor for some years, however, problems sourcing suitable images (this was at the time when early digital cameras were still vying with slides), and some less than impressive printing results, persuaded me to switch to using the centre pages for features.

Finding an image with enough sharpness and 'clout' to run across two pages, and still look good, was always a big problem. We had some decent results, but also some absolute shockers that were very fuzzy and to be honest quite embarassing.

Therefore, I don't anticipate we shall return to a stand-along centre spread.

Hope this answers your question.

Regards

Rory, Classic Tractor

Thanks for taking the time to reply Rory!

[rorsday]

F-P & FNHIR,

Thanks for your comments. F-P: It's not as easy as you think finding a digital image that will enlarge to 2 x A4 size for the purposes of a centre spread. Very, very few people possess the kit neccessary to produce an image that will stand being blown up to this size and still look sharp. Sure, you can blow anything up in size, but whether or not it still looks good when you've done it is another matter.

After 3+ years of using centre spread pictures that tended to be OK, but not brilliant, I gave up and haven't regretted it because I think most people would rather see stories in the centre spread.

Regards

Rory