Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] Re: soft focus?
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 10:02:32 -0700
 
Have you looked through it with a pen light on the other side? To see if
there is fungus or oil coating the inside?

Jim


At 12:10 PM 6/7/00 -0400, HotRodVon@aol.com wrote:
>I love my M6...Until recently!   I bought a new 90 2.8 Elmarit...and no 
>matter what, I can't seem to get any sharp results.  This is really a 
>pisser...being that my 50 mm and my 24mm are as sharp as can be,  I always 
>get outstanding results from those lenes.  I thought that maybe I was having 
>a tough time focusing the 90mm at long distance shots...but I just shot two 
>more rolls and I did portrait type distance shots, and lo and 
>behold...they're all soft on the focus.  Does anybody have a clue why this is 
>happening?   My wife says I spend to much money on "those damn little lenes" 
>and now this (the soft focus) is just fueling her fire....Help!?!