canonet in action

here's a trusty old Canonet in action.<div></div>

Where, when...? Who, what...? Looks like a touch of the photojournalisms!

my canonet in action, just before he decided to go see the big fat world.<div></div>

<P>Here are three pics from a recent visit to Spain. They're all from the La Latina area in central Madrid, the first in a tapas bar at about 1:00am, the other two are from the Rastro flea market. The Canonet is a perfect street camera IMO.</P><BR CLEAR="all">

 

<CENTER><img src="http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6164" width="760" height="507" border="0"><BR CLEAR="all"><I>Neopan 1600 with lens set at f4</I></CENTER><BR CLEAR="all"><BR CLEAR="all"><BR CLEAR="all">

 

<CENTER><img src="http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6190" width="760" height="507" border="0"><BR CLEAR="all"><I>Neopan 400 with lens set at f8</I></CENTER><BR CLEAR="all"><BR CLEAR="all"><BR CLEAR="all">

 

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Sometime ago on a different forum there was a thread on which some (including me) expressed disappointment while others praised their Canonet QL 17 lens. Looking at your fine photographs I'm even more annoyed that my lens is such a stinker as yours is obviously excellent. Canon made so many that perhaps QC dropped or some have just not aged well.

 

Michael Schub

<P>Michael I bought the camera on eBay from an estate because the lens had a UV filter on the front - the rest of the camera looked terrible and it went for next to nothing. When it arrived I managed to get the filter off and the lens front element was obviously pristine so I sent the cam off to Essex for a CLA. It turns out to have been a good bet - below is a pic from the same trip taken inside the Prado museum at f2.8 so you can see what its like at a bit wider aperture - sorry for the blown highlight on the leg but that's my lousy scanning technique...</P>

 

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<img src="http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/3334/17179_37.jpg" width="760" height="507" ALT="Museo del Prado, Madrid." border="0"><BR CLEAR="all"><I>Neopan 1600 at f2.8</I></CENTER><BR CLEAR="all"><BR CLEAR="all">

Hey Peter,

 

Love your pics. What are you developing your neopan 1600 in? What times/temps?

 

Thnx,

 

Scott

<P>Hi Scott,<BR><BR>

Right now I'm not doing my own development, I'm trying to ramp up a wet darkroom but work keeps intervening. I use <a href="http://www.zonaphotolabs.com/" target="_blank">Zona Labs</a> in the Boston area who charge $7.00/roll and I've been pretty happy with their service. They do not appear to have details of their dev procedures on their web site but they may tell you if you call them. I think they must use a common procedure because I've gotten very a very similar "look" from A&I Labs in Los Angeles. I shoot Neopan 1600 at 1250 and get it souped at 1600. When I get my own darkroom up and running I will be using XTOL, I think the combination of the Neopans and XTOL works very well.<BR><BR>~Peter

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OK so now I'm home from work and I reread my post and I realize I'm a dingbat. Both Zona and A&I use XTOL, so the pics you see on this page are all Neopans/XTOL. To be honest, the only other developer I've seen that seems to give a look like this to Neopan is HC-110.