Mamiya TLR lens hood too short?

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Today I had the same experience once again: there are reflections shaped like the diaphragm on some of my photos, taken with a Mamiya 330 and a 105mm DS lens, nice backlight landscape shots, ruined by a reflection. :bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

I don't need to tell you that you never see these disturbing reflections in the finder, but only on the film. The TLR surprise...

Strange enough, I do ALWAYS use a lens hood, and the one I used is exactly the hood for the 105mm lens. As I love back-light shots I would like to solve this problem. Using a compendium is not possible because it is not possible to control the effect on a TLR (surplus, it would cover the finder lens).

I guess that somebody else must have similar problems with this lens or others. Avoiding back-light is not an option for me, and I want to keep my Mamiya (Ma Mamiya, you know...)

What did you do to solve the problem?
 
payasam said:
If the sun -- or a bright sky -- is within the frame, a hood cannot do much good.
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Oh, I have to describe it more precisely: the sun was OUTSIDE the frame, in all cases that caused my lamentation.
 
Can you post a sample of this reflection? I never seen such a thing in my pictures and I do shoot outside on super-bright days.
 
I have many ruined shots like yours. The Problem is that there is still direct sunlight on the lens even if the sun is not in the frame. What you can do is to set up with a tripod and then shade the lens with your hand way above and in front of the camera in such a way that your hand is not in the frame (of course, I also have many great shots that have part of my hand in it :)) Since the viewing lens is above the taking lens, things usually work out fine, if you cannot even see your hand in the viewing lens. Before taking a picture even slightly facing the sun I make sure that the taking lens does not have direct sunlight on it.
 
That is indeed your problem. Even with a lens hood, and even though you cannot see the sun in the viewfinder, it is shinning on the lens. monemmer's solution is one I use on a lot of my cameras when I don't have a lens hood, or it isn't doing its job. Often you can actually see the flare or reflections, but you have to be attuned to look for them as they will often be obscured in your viewfinder by the rest of the scene.

In your example, I might have thought you would have had a better chance to see it. But it isn't always the case. Try monemmer's solution using a hand, a card, or the brim of your hat. You will get more shots to your liking.
 
monemmer and ofteherd, what kind of camera and lens do you use? Does a Rolleiflex with a Planar and a hood have the same problem?

As I do not like to carry a tripod all the time, I really think about building my own lens hood...
 
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