What to expect from a pre-war Voigtländer 10.5cm/3.5 Skopar lens?

[Erik Petersson]

Erik,

Your camera is generally considered a very good one, so even fully open you should get sharp pictures when well focused. So, try landscapes : with everything far away, with distance set on infinity, you cannot have DOF issues. So if the pictures are unsharp, some mechanical adjustment may be wrong.

here I wrote a paper on "adjusting and using folders" (however in french), this could help ?

Paul

Oops, there are two Eriks here, this post was meant for Erik Petersson

Thanks Paul!
I will put your text through a digital translation tool. Often the result can be rather understandable!

I would be very happy if I managed to achieve such sharpness as some have shown here. My E-messer has the simpler version of the lens. Will post more information later today, when I have the camera and some scans at hand.

 

[Erik Petersson]

So, this is an example of what I have achieved. I am afraid that it does not match your results. Maybe this is because I took this photo on f4 and handheld. Well well.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/5121384193_ab6de95d58_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1402/5121383961_63b11e66ba_b.jpg

 

[Removed Account2]

That is just a tiny handshake, Erik, its impossible to discuss lens sharpness unless you bolt down the camera!

Still its a nice sharp picture, thanx to the big negative!

 

[Erik Petersson]

I usually find no time to fasten the camera. I wish it was easier to handhold my E-messer!