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Fail.....
attempt of the very first roll on Barnack 1934, maybe my style of shooting with M9 not suitable, not slow enough ? or my aged eyes plus age lens.....??
I am waiting for another 2 rolls to be processed
Any comments and "help" is most welcome
Yesterday out of curiosity I tested Nickel Elmar 5cm/3.5 (1934), Summitar 5cm/2 (1952) and Rigid 50/2 (1970) on Monochrome....can clearly see the different of these 3 lenses
on Neopan 400
I had something of the same…
When I started with my (used) M9. I finally had to do a tripod test on my only lens and discovered that it needed to be serviced because it was back focusing. In this case it might be that your camera might need the focusing adjusted. M cameras, particularly older ones can be sensitive. In my experience, older eyes don't help, either! If worse comes to worse, I love my Q2 Monochrome and recommend it highly. Good luck and stick with it!
Kent
Kent
Welcome to the wacky world of Barnack...
If you have or can borrow the proper LTM Lens to M-Mount camera you can test the lens on your M.
Take care with adapting any LTM collapsible to your M Camera... check for compatibility
Sounds like you have already tried this... keep in mind that there are different LTM to M-Mount cameras depending on the focal length of the lens (there are two different adapters that position the focus cam from different starting points).
You have two Barnacks so you may be able to isolate the focus (?) problem by testing with both.
If all of your lenses give similar focus problems, your camera may need a rangefinder adjustment... there are plenty of videos on UTube. I have not done it, but I understand it's a common issue and can be a DIY project depending on if you are technically inclined ;-).
One trick with the IIIf is to use the magnification window to the max (IIIf).
Your example photo is OOF across the entire range. I would be surprised if this was the case with all lenses. Choose your test subject that has objects at all distances. Does your rangefinder focus show the actual distance on the lens ring... you also might try to zone focus using f/8, f/11 etc. for example.
I am traveling on Sunday, but email me or post here and I will try to reply as quickly as possible.
Casey
Edit: how is your film back plate etc? and do you need a IIIf user manual and/or repair guide?
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An "old" new chapter
I think I will try to avoid LTM on digital body, most of the time forgetting to pull it out before attached it to the body, this can be dangerous costly
Both Barnack with its lens when trying out focusing seems to indicate the same distance on the lens ring, so I am yet to try out Nickel 5cm and Summitar on the IIIF to make sure or at least nail down what is the issue.
I have 2 more rolls which I test out zone focusing, once processed then will know the result, and I also testing out with Jupiter 12 on zone focusing, hope this will give me indication of the issue.
Casey, have a safe trip and enjoy
Both Barnack with its lens when trying out focusing seems to indicate the same distance on the lens ring, so I am yet to try out Nickel 5cm and Summitar on the IIIF to make sure or at least nail down what is the issue.
I have 2 more rolls which I test out zone focusing, once processed then will know the result, and I also testing out with Jupiter 12 on zone focusing, hope this will give me indication of the issue.
Casey, have a safe trip and enjoy
Shame about the focus
I hate it when I take this kind of photo (blame it on my glasses, or a smudge on the lens, or ...)
True
I do this especially after I have not been out, for weeks or even months some times, with new gear or just lose the focus for the view.
Especially
when you took portrait of a friend and have to tell them to retake, that's embarrassing......