[Leica] Re: Re: Focomat V35

[dpost at triad.rr.com (Dan Post)]

BINGO-
I had a couple of the V-35s, and the one I finally kept, I sent the lens to
Sherry for a CLA- even the newest is going to be nearly 20 years old, and a
thourough cleaning (and collimation which she can do-) will vastly improve
the lens- I had one that I would call 'minty'- and the difference the CLA
made was readily apparent even to the naked eye when I got it back!
For looking into a lens- I use one of these little laser pointers- looking
obliquely at the lens as the light shines through it will show up even the
smallest bit of dust- and shining it into a lens, and looking along the axis
of the laser you will see the reflections off of every little microscopic
bit of dust! Very revealing, and sobering since even a new Leica lens will
show a frightening amount of dust reflections! :o)
I have since sold it to get a Saunders 4X5 since I sometimes lapse into a
large or medium format mode!
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:57 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Re: Focomat V35


> Just a thought,
>
> I  bought a Focotar cheaply once that was soft all over but would just
about
> focus in the centre. Someone had put the rear element in the wrong way
> round.
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+nbeddoe=lehman.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+nbeddoe=lehman.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of JCB
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:07 AM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: Focomat V35
>
>
> At 03:26 PM 8/30/2004, Jon wrote:
>
>
> >JCB,   Thanks for the response...all of your suggestions had already been
> >implented when we started enlarging last night...something else is going
> >on.....We worked on it for about 3 hours and could not get the edges into
> >focus...
>
>
> The 40mm Focotar has been around for a long time. Is it possible that your
> lens is suffering from initial fungal growth? Check it with a bright
> flashlight just in case.
>
> If that's not it, you must either have blurry paper or blurry developer...
> ;-)
>
> JB
>
> PS... could it be on the neg that way? Could it be your camera lens? Have
> you looked at your negs with a high power loupe, at least 10x ?
>
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