Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/20

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Subject: [Leica] older 35 cron soft in corners?
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (feli)
Date: Mon Jun 20 09:00:08 2005
References: <BAY107-DAV1303FB47D16099584C2D74EDF60@phx.gbl> <6.2.1.2.2.20050620105428.026ba6a0@pop.med.cornell.edu>
 
On Jun 20, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Chris Saganich wrote:

>> Spent a week shooting with a 4th gen. 35mm summicron.
>> I was surprised how very soft and distorted the extreme corners  
>> were at full open aperture. Stopping down made it vanish.
>> Is this typical?
>>
>> thanks
>> Eric

What did you shoot that made this show up? I've had mine for a few  
years and
yes, it isn't exactly razor sharp at f2, but not unusable either. But  
I have never
noticed the distortion. Were you shooting a flat object, straight on  
and close up?

feli

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