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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] soft focus?
From: Peter Jon White <PeterJonWhite@PeterWhiteCycles.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 12:57:32 -0400
 
Perhaps the cam in not adjusted properly. (Can it get out of adjustment? 
Don't know.) But to find out, try focusing a bit ahead of and then behind 
the subject. Compare the results. Perhaps there's an internal problem; 
elements misaligned?

At 12:10 PM 6/7/00 -0400, you 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!?!

Peter Jon White