Is it an issue of focus, film, or..?

[fr3derick]

Hey guys!



If you would refer to the photo I've attached, I remain puzzled as to why the shot is OOF. Is it because I've locked it at infinity (pardon me, but through the rangefinder is was in focus), or because of another issue?

I was using my Leica M3 with a Summicron 50mm Rigid, on Fuji Superia 400. Thanks!

[Chris101]

Your picture is rendered here in the forum so small that it appears to be in focus. There could be a number of reasons the picture looks out of focus when you view it larger - a poor scan, camera movement, too large of an aperture so the DOF misses parts of the scene, ... I'm sure there are more.

Can you post a portion of the picture, large? That might help us determine the issues.

[xxloverxx]

As Chris said, it's too small to be able to tell. I don't think the film itself is your problem though — maybe the pressure plate, but not the film.

[Leigh Youdale]

It appears you may have taken the photo from a boat. Maybe a slight movement due to the water or someone moving in the boat resulted in some camera movement relative to the view. Of course, you may have been on a bridge or quay, in which case my hypothesis is invalid.
But it could still be camera movement especially if the whole image is slightly out of focus. (I can't tell from the image you posted, either).
If the lens was out of focus I would have expected that at some identifiable point in the scene some of it would have been in focus unless you took it wide open. That's unlikely with full sun, a Summicron and 400 ISO film.

[250swb]

As others have said, impossible to tell witout more information. But you say you had the lens locked at infinity, but infinity is way way off into the distance, you may have been better off focuing on the boats in the foreground even if you were yourself bobbing up and down.

Steve

[taskoni]

For that type a photography there's a tripod, smaller aperture and longer exposure times.. if you want sharp.