Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Mark, never known anybody make that mistake ;-) john > -----Original Message----- > > Make sure when you load the film in the backs they go under the tab. > I did not know that for many months and got soft pix with my first > Hasselblad which was an ELM with a 150 Sonnar in late 1979. > If they are laying over the tab they will be out of focas unless you are > shooting at f22. > > > On 1/1/13 7:36 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > It was not out of focus, had been plenty sharp on 20x16 prints but > > 3200dpi > > scans are a different matter IME. The 500C/M had been back to Hasselblad > UK > > for servicing. > > > > john > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> You should have had the body checked out..... If all 3 of the lenses > >> on a > >> single body are out of focus, then suspect the body first. ( I thin I > >> had > >> mine > >> adjusted for this.... they called it something like body length.....) > >> > >> If one lens is out, the others in, then it probably is the lens..... > >> > >> The lenses on a Hasselblad are scary sharp... if everything is working > >> right..... > >> > >> Frank Filippone > >> Red735i at verizon.net > >> > >> When I scanned in my Hasselblad negs (FP4) taken on SWC/M, 50, 80, 150 > C > >> T* lenses (my last kit was CF 903 SWC/M, 50, 100, 180) the Superwide > ones > >> were the only ones which were really sharp at 3200dpi. The others I am > quite > >> happy to be using the Leica's instead of. > >> > >> John > >>