[Leica] week 14 PAWs--12mm nudes

[brad daly <bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net>]

i'm finally getting week 14 PAWs up--i have absolutely no idea where i 
should be chronologically.  these were shot with my new voigtlander 12mm 
on delta 3200 developed in xtol.  this is the first time i've used xtol, 
and i'm really impressed.  in fact, i like it so much i've ordered 
myself a jobo CPE-2 and decided to start running a lot more of my own 
film.  (this decision was encouraged, too, by my impending move to 
chicago and the fact that i will no longer have unfettered access to a 
frontier lab to process my T400CN.  plus, the jobo makes it so easy to 
do a good job.  and it makes ilfochromes easier.  and perhaps even 
home-grown RA-4.)

the 12mm is thusfar fun, though certainly too wide for any type of 
"normal" photography.  it distorts a ton anywhere but right in the 
center, and has a pretty significant amount of fall-off at the edges.  
my biggest complaint is that it DOESN'T COME WITH A CASE.  this isn't 
necessarily bad for the lens, which is a tough little cookie.  but the 
viewfinder, which has a front element about the size of the windshield 
on my '62 impala, seems terribly vulnerable.  i ended up ordering the 
custom-fitted case voigtlander sells, along with the nifty little 
bubble-level-viewfinder gadget.  i had a project i was planning on doing 
with this lens before i left alabama, but i think i've run out of time.  
i guess it'll be my excuse to get out of the house and AWAY FROM MY 
MOTHER-IN-LAW over thanksgiving or christmas vacation.

anyhow, enough babbling.  i need to go to bed, as i have three days of 
hard-core packing ahead of me, then a drive to chicago in a 17' u-haul.  
ye gods!

the PAWs (as always, comments, criticisms, and sycophantic praise are 
welcomed and encouraged):

http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/paw.html

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