Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ya Know Bob, Your'e gonna get deformed hands using that Canon, instead of your Leica's. ;-) Nice set of photos. gene -------------- Original message from bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu>: -------------- > Folks - > > Shot some B&W over the past couple of weeks and was thinking about > many things I've gleaned from a number of LUG participants. I'm > getting dangerously close to settling on Neopan 400 in Xtol (at > either 1:2 or 1:3) as my default M load, and the collapsible 'cron is > currently a front runner for the delineating device. There seems to > be a graceful character about the transition from the intended focus > plane on outward. As much as I often cast aside the seemingly > sentimental waxings of those who champion them old-school lenses I > must say that I feel somewhat susceptible to a certain graceful ease > of imaging. Here's a quick sample of stuff; the shot of guitar > builder Ken Parker (someone with whom I work regularly) was shot with > my regular working axe (Canon 20D) with a 50 1.8 Canon EF. The other > three are of a more personal nature; they may therefore be of little > interest to anyone other than myself. yet these kindof more intimate > snaps are just the thing that the collapsible/film combo seems to > deliver so well, to my eyes (all from the Neopan 400 roll developed > in Xtol 1:2). > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/bw_08-07 > > Bob Palmieri > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information