On Monday 07 May 2007 21:38, Shannon Stoney wrote: > > > >http://www.butzi.net/rodenstock/apo-sironar-s/page2.htm > > > >Don't know if that's your version or not. > > I looked at this page. It tells you that the "flange focal distance" > should be 147mm. Is this the distance from the lensboard to the film > plane? When looking at the diagram. It's the distance from the D mark to the film plane when focused at infinity. > > It also says that maximum sharpness for this lens is at f/11-22. I > usually stop down quite a bit more than that. Could that be the > problem? > > I don't see how that could be it, because I do the same with the 90mm > lens, and those images are plenty sharp. Difraction has already been mentioned but unless you are making real big prints I don't think it should be a big issue. Nick ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.