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When I got my first M6, I still had an EOS 3 and a Metz 54 MZ3. I tried for fun to mount

the MZ on the M6. It's ridiculously unbalanced. The Metz is a monster that ruins the

handling of an M. Anyway, I traded the whole EOS lot for an Elmarit 90 and an Elmarit 21

and never, ever, regretted it.

I dont think the Summicron 28 is bigger than the VC Ultron 28. I think the choice

between the two is strictly a matter of price and personnal perceived value. Of course,

the VC28 will blow to pieces any Ricoh or old Rokkor. It might even give the Konica a

very hard run for its money.

Marco,

Film is Agfa APX-25, exposed for EI 50, developped in Diafine.

Paper is Agfa Premium Multicontrast. The print is made at grade 2 on my Focomat VC head.

Paper developper is Agfa Neutol diluted 1:12, 22°C, 2' development.

Body is M6 classic and lens is a Leitz Summicron 35.

Scanner is Canon N1240U driven by VueScan under Linux. The tiff file goes to GIMP to get

a very slight unsharping to adapt acutance to screen display. The file is then saved as

jpeg.

Thanks foy your comments, Marc.

Concerning the scan, I do have a problem with VueScan at this time, producing the noise

you see in the dark areas. Ed Hamrick in working on it. Nevertheless, I do have trus

black on my screen. It might be a question of different gamma.

Film is Tri-X, IE 1600, developped in Diafine. Lens is Leitz Summicron 35.

It has now become my only developer. Just follow precisely the IE indicated on the datasheet as a starting point and evaluate the adjustments you might need acording to your tastes. It does give a bit contrasty negs to my taste, but apart from that: hassle-free, gret IE/grain ratio, consistency and economy are incredible.

Tri-X, exposed at IE1600 is truly unbelievable. I've been very happy with HP5 at IE800 as well. I have not tried Delta.

Diafine allows me to use a rich line up of films depending on the speed and mood I want to get relative to the light I have.

Diafine is not a fine grain developer, meaning it will not melt the grain to artificially hide it. Instead, it will preserve fully the basic film character and give great acutance.

My current film line-up with the IE I use:

Agfa APX-25 (IE 50)

Fuji Neopan Acros (IE 100)

Ilford Pan-F (IE 125)

Agfa APX-100 (IE 320)

Kodak Plus-X (IE 400)

Fuji Neopan 400 (IE 500)

Ilford HP5 (IE 800)

Kodak Tri-x (IE 1600)

These IEs are not obtained by pushing. They translate the actual speed, with regular Zone I, II and III. The exception to this is Plus-X. Zone III is noticably too dark and over-exposing messes the upper zones, so there's not much to do with that, but I like the mood it gives for certain shots, like this one. (link)<div></div>

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I own one too and I absolutely love it! Please find here a picture taken at f4. It isolates while leaving the background highly readable. You can even read the time on the colck in the back...

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