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I have had a chance to experiment with various 35mm film and my Leica M6 for the past few months. I have been developing black and white film self and the color C41 film at Walgreens. Home developing is quite simple and using Diafine with easy to follow instructions from figitalrevolution.com fantastic post! Having shot Tri-X 400 and T-Max 400 at various speeds and remaining quite satisfied with results. I have just shot a roll of Rollei Pan 25 which is categorized as a very sharp film and just as I finished shooting this roll a great article popped up by Max Marinucci located here on Steve Huffs blog site. His Flickr stream contains many wonderful images using film and digital Leica captured photos. He has also been answering question that I have.  Photo below is Tri-X shot @ ISO 1250 and developed in Diafine. ...Read More...

A few rolls of film spent, processed and scanned with my Leica M6 TTL. It has been a very rewarding experience. I shot a 36 exp Trix-X 400 at box speed by mistake and developed it in Diafine. I used a rented Zeiss 50mm 1.5 lens. Images came out developed well with just some minor water marks on negatives, but the tones are amazing.I wanted to burn through the roll to make sure the camera is functioning as it should, shutter speeds are up to par and just to shake it out. So I took pics in the house, low light, outside after the rain stopped. Plus, patience was wearing thin on getting into the development solution with Diafine. ...Read More...