Re: Sputnik lenses

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>One thing I have been noticing on the Sputnik is that one
>lens seems to stick out a smidge more.  If you are looking
>down on top of the camera, back of body facing you, the left
>lens sticks out more.  At first I thought it had to do with
>my adapter rings as my shades are exactly the same.  While
>filing the rings was when I noticed it was actually the
>lens.  I looked at the slides to see if one was out of focus
>more than the other.  Nope.  I don't get it.  Is this
>normal?  Maybe this has to do with John B.'s post about one
>lens being fuzzier when in the middle #'s.

  I think my are equal in length. But if both
images have the point of focus the same I wouldn't
worry about it.

>Also, Greg, I am going to take your advice and stick to f16
>or f22 as I did notice some softness when I mounted them and
>looked at them through the viewer.  The thing that puzzles
>me is that the foreground was fuzzier than the background.
>I need to pay more attention to my camera settings!!!

  Odd. Was the subject you focused on sharp? Or
was the point of focus further back than it should
be? (Having shots taken at f5.6 should help you
see this).

  Perhaps your finder and or distance scale are
out of calibration relative to the taking lenses.

Greg