Hi everyone,
I just got a roll of film back from the camera shop. Not one of the
finer camera shops as it turns out. Just the same, I am somewhat
disappointed with the pictures. Not too bad at first glance, but just
not as sharp as they should be. As a check I got out some pictures I
took recently with an Anaston lensed Kodak Tourist. The anaston is a
coated 3 element Cooke style triplet, I think, but no question, the
kodak images were cleaner and sharper. The Opton Tessar in question is
on an Ikoflex IIa, and has a small area of seperation on the edge of the
taking lens. Now the question. Would a general lack of definition be a
symptom of the separation? And about that Kodak, or rather triplets in
general, I was really pleasantly surprised at how nice those images
looked. Very nice sharpness all the way out to the edges. Very nice
color balance. I shoot almost all of my pictures at f16, maybe that is a
factor, but I confess to being a bit bugged that this very cheap camera
could shoot so well. Would value your opinions as always.
Gene Johnson
