Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Not sharp @ f16
From: "Barney Quinn, Jr." <barney@ncep.noaa.gov>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:12:05 -0400
References: <F2641ioWwr2UAaTzvb50000023a@hotmail.com>

Ed,

What shutter speed are you using a f16? Are we talking about camera shake here.
What happens if you use a tripod.

Barney

Edward Mortimer wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>         As you may know I have owned a Leica M6 'classic' for about a month
> now. My first results have been really good and I have been impressed by it
> sharpness. But recently I have noticed that when shooting at F16 the
> resulting image isnt sharp, infact its almost blurry. Even when focusing on
> infinity, subjects at the horizon seem quite fuzzy. Its baffling me because
> at other F#s the images are clean and v sharp. Might it be marks on the
> lens, that arent normally a problem at other F#s, but are degrading the
> image when shooting at a v small aperture? What do you think? The lens is
> G'teed so Ill probably take it back, I just wondered what the hell it was!
> Many Regards
>
> Edd
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