[Leica] Neopan 400 and the Mighty Collapsible 'Cron

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Peter, Camera Lane run by Robert Lane off Hardware Lane in Little Bourke 
Street. That's a lot of lanes! Seem like really nice guys.
The other staff also friendly folks and a lot of goodies in the little shop.
Dang, it seems almost no-one saw my pictures when I originally posted. Sigh, 
only thirty one pics posted over a week or so!
Melbourne camera shop coverage starts here
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/Vic/MV8.jpg.html>

Cheers
Hoppy


-----Original Message-----
Subject: RE: [Leica] Neopan 400 and the Mighty Collapsible 'Cron

Hoppy,

That pair of bruisers in the camera shop look vaguely
familiar.  Is that shop off Little Collins near Queen?

Peter.
SF, CA
and sometimes 
Queen Street, Melbourne, VIC


--- G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> It does, (for an old school classic ;-) it does.
> And look at the Neopan 400 in XTOL 1:3 with a modern
> 50 (yes wide open).
>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/Vic/MV4.jpg.html>
>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/Vic/MV14.jpg.html>
> This ain't no old style aberration "glow" ;-)
> 
> Cheers
> Hoppy
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Neopan 400 and the Mighty
> Collapsible 'Cron
> 
> it does write very nicely
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> On Aug 31, 2007, at 1:13 AM, bob palmieri wrote:
> 
> > 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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