Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31

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Subject: [Leica] Neopan 400 and the Mighty Collapsible 'Cron
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 09:05:22 2007

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 
> 
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