MFnLF,
Looks good to me as well... The leaf shutter looks to be making a big difference here in the final result...
Thank you for posting--the SA's are crazy expensive, but it looks like they may be my only option. But before I go there, I'd like to look for other 100% samples from the Contax 350 Tele-ApoTessar. If I can discover that perhaps just my copy was bad, I'd be willing to (try to) track down another one.
I think I can manage the shutter vibrations, now that I know they're an issue. There are solutions involving extended rails that seem to be doing the trick for a few folks who've contacted me offline.
I've only seen Victor's Contax? 350/4 at 100%--happily, his does not appear to have the vibration issues I had, but his shutter speeds were much higher than I'm trying to explore (high shutter speeds mask the issue(s) I'm exploring). Nevertheless I couldn't evaluate critial sharpness on Victor's subject matter.
So if anyone can post sample shots from a Contax 350/4 of texture (tree bark, brick, etc.) at 100%, I'd be most grateful.
Thanks, everyone,
-Brad