Sharpness of the 50 Summilux questionable....

[ddimaria]

Try calibration. Some of these lenses are over 20 years old, same for the cameras.

 

[Telewatt]

AH the summilux at f8!!!

that is not realy sharp...😱


You had a bad day or the lens has a damages..!

Jan

 

[JNewell]

Mine is razor sharp. Something's out of spec with some part of your kit.

 

[foto_fool]

It looks to me like the grayscale on your scanning is set to 4-bit.

 

[Rob-F]

The fog in the rope-walking violinist shot is probably contributing to the unsharp appearance. The low contrast maeks the picture seems subjectively less sharp. I think I would try with contrasty lighting, and a sharp film, like Velvia--and with the camera on a tripod to rule out camera shake.

If the pictures still don't look sharp, I would then send the lens to one of the experts. Does the camera produce sharp pictures with other lenses? Could the camera's rangefinder be off?

The Summilux is not Leica's sharpest lens, but when stopped down 2 or 3 stops it is a very fine performer.

 

[Joe]

Try calibration. Some of these lenses are over 20 years old, same for the cameras.

What does calibration entail? Sending it out for service?