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My Leica M3 & 50mm Summicron is soft. Softer than my AE-1 and 135mm f2.8.
As far as I can see it could be...
- Bad scanning (don't think so because the AE-1 scans are fine)
- Bad focus (don't think it's this because nothing in the image(s) is sharp - not 100% sure though)
- Movement (don't think it's this because I've shot a recent test roll of stationary things at 1/125)
I'm guessing it could be...
- Rangefinder patch out of alignment by loads
- Lens issue (lens looks clean)
I think I've reached the point where I can't do much more to look into this. Cameraworks (Bury) have yet to reply to my query and The Classic Camera shop seem to be v expensive. Anyone have any other suggestions or have used either of these? I'm thinking that I'll get a CLA done at the same time as any repair but it would be nice to know. Thoughts appreciated!
Edit to add a list...
http://www.pjcrdirect.co.uk (recommended by AG Photographic)
Miles Whitehead (recommended by many - next post)
https://www.cameraworks-uk.com (Leica rangefinder repairs, no experience)
https://theclassiccamera.com (no experience)
http://www.camserve.co.uk (recommended by realspeed and possibly me...)
https://www.mathersoflancashire.co.uk (recommended by aliengrove)
As far as I can see it could be...
- Bad scanning (don't think so because the AE-1 scans are fine)
- Bad focus (don't think it's this because nothing in the image(s) is sharp - not 100% sure though)
- Movement (don't think it's this because I've shot a recent test roll of stationary things at 1/125)
I'm guessing it could be...
- Rangefinder patch out of alignment by loads
- Lens issue (lens looks clean)
I think I've reached the point where I can't do much more to look into this. Cameraworks (Bury) have yet to reply to my query and The Classic Camera shop seem to be v expensive. Anyone have any other suggestions or have used either of these? I'm thinking that I'll get a CLA done at the same time as any repair but it would be nice to know. Thoughts appreciated!
Edit to add a list...
http://www.pjcrdirect.co.uk (recommended by AG Photographic)
Miles Whitehead (recommended by many - next post)
https://www.cameraworks-uk.com (Leica rangefinder repairs, no experience)
https://theclassiccamera.com (no experience)
http://www.camserve.co.uk (recommended by realspeed and possibly me...)
https://www.mathersoflancashire.co.uk (recommended by aliengrove)
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