On 20 Nov 1998 15:00:22 -0600, darren@morticia.msfc.nasa.gov (Darren Reed ED33) wrote:

> Basically, most of my latest prints seem out of focus on the right
>of the print. I use a Nikon 6006 with either a 35-70 or 70-210 zoom lenses.
>Prints from our recent vacation looked fine at the center and left edges of
>the prints, but most all seemed at little out of focus on the right edge.
>At first I thought it might be distortion from the lenses, so I did a simple
>test last weekend. I made a graphic of thin and thick lines on a PC and
>printed two copies. I then taped these copies to thick cardboard and mounted
>them on sawhorses outside. I then took pictures of the graphics (targets) so
>that one was centered and the other was on the right hand edge of the view
>finder. I then took pictures at f4 and f16 and at 35,50,70, and 210mm focal
>lengths. I also took the same pictures using a borrowed Nikkor 50mm f1.4
>lens. Regardless of the distance to the target, aperture, focal length, or
>lens; all the prints seem a little out of focus on the right edge of the prints.
>The film pressure plate seems to be even.

Check the negatives directly with any magnifier (even the 50mm f1.4
reversed, with the diaphragm opened, will do...) - if the two sides
are equally sharp, the problem is in the printing (the most likely
source of the problem).