I have seen pictures very crisp with this manual lens. This is not crisp. So after some extensive research online and asking many questions, I came across a group the had a forum on the lens. Others too had a similar problem with this lens.
Its' an interesting lens, because it shoots 180 degrees and its a manual russian lens. The thing is pretty heavy. So there is no autofocus or metering with this lens. You turn the dials and you shoot. Should be pretty simple.
Someone typed in that the lens is screwed to the wrong side, so the focus can't reach focus. What you have to do, is put the lens on the camera, grab the front part in front of the f-stops and turn it. I tried it, and it didn't budge. I knew it had to move, so I really pulled on it, and what do you know, it acted as if I was going to unscrew the front of the lens. I kept turning it all the way to the other side until it stopped.
Excited about this, I took it outside and took a couple shots to see what it looked like. BAM!!! Yahtzee!!! We have CRISP!
Now that's more like it... I'm going to open up a Peleng gallery on my Smugmug and throw some shots in there that turn out pretty decent. I'm pretty happy with these two. No post processing on either of these. Gallery is here:
http://jscranton.smugmug.com/Other/Peleng-8mm/15868484_Eypms#1189896867_dm4uG
I'm headed to NY the first week of April. Statue of Liberty and the Rock are a couple places we will be going. So I expect to get some interesting shots with this lens.
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