On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Richard Knoppow wrote: > The best range is around f/8 to f/16. Rollei limits the > stops to f/22 to avoid softening from diffraction at smaller > stops. Optimum is probably around f/11 but anything from f/8 > on should be pretty sharp all over. The difference from > stopping down will be most apparent in the corners. Tessars > of any version have some residual aberrations there which > disappear on stopping down. Thank you very much! Regards, James --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list