Well, there is a little change in my signature. Finally, I am authentic. Finally, after all these years I actually own a real honest-to-goodness Takumar. It was in the mail today when I got home from work. I paid more than I should have, but cosmetically it looks pretty good. Feels pretty good too.
Here is one of my first pictures taken this evening as the light was waning.
S-M-C Takumar 50/1.4
Well, that looks pretty good, I said to myself, so I took a few shots wide open at distance, but the results were really lousy.
The photos of neighbor's house were even softer than my Jupiter-9 at f/2.
I don't know if there is a problem with infinity focus or if there is some other issue. I will take some more pictures tomorrow and try to better characterize the problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Steve