benkelley
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Help! I bought a Summitar off the 'bay and the glass looks great... but it doesn't focus so well on my M8 
I got a decent price on it... so I'm thinking of sending it off to DAG and just getting it fixed. I need to call him on monday to find the price... But I wanted some opinions first. Is this a common problem, easy to fix? Or should I just return the lens.
Thanks!
Ben
I got a decent price on it... so I'm thinking of sending it off to DAG and just getting it fixed. I need to call him on monday to find the price... But I wanted some opinions first. Is this a common problem, easy to fix? Or should I just return the lens.Thanks!
Ben
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lkgroup
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This might be to obvious, but once I forgot to lock my Summitar in correct position and the resulting negs were very soft. Normally the lens is sharp.
Just a thought to make sure you locked the lens correctly once you opened it up.
leo
Just a thought to make sure you locked the lens correctly once you opened it up.
leo
benkelley
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Thanks Leo! I did make sure it was locked, and it's not just 'soft'... out of focus by a couple of feet!
maddoc
... likes film again.
The Summitar is screw-mount and the M8 is m-mount ... Which adapter do you use ? Did you test other screw-mount lenses with your M8 ?
rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
LTM? Did you get a bum adapter maybe?
benkelley
Established
nope... Adapter works fine with my 50mm nokton... I tried another ltm adapter, too, also cv, and it worked fine as well
it's the only lens i've had a problem with.
it's the only lens i've had a problem with.