Lens cap cure for flaring summicron

[matti]

I thought my Summicron 35 flared too much (see photo 1), creating low overall contrast. The problem was I had no lenscap, so I used the uv-filter on all the time. Then I bought the lens cap, took off the filter - and... much less flare! (picture 2). Ok, there is flare but nice flare and not that hazy overall lowering of the contrast from pic # 1.

Some day I might even get a lens shade 🙂

/matti

(Now don't tell me it's not flare but just bad exposure in pic #1... My exposure confidence is quite low as it is right now... Soon I will have finnished my first film/dev test, so I have some sort of baseline to start from.)

 

[Avotius]

I shouldnt say it but im gona anyway I guess. The first picture looks underexposed, I dont think ive ever seen a flare problem like this before, the second photo looks a lot better. Even with the problem with the first photo a few minutes in photoshop could fix it up no problem. Could it be that in the first photo your lens was fogged a bit from condensation out there in the snow and your warm hands or something like that?

 

[matti]

And I told you not to! 🙂

Ok, but this flare is quite bad. And I havn't seen it since I got the lens cap.

BTW, today I bought a lens shade as well!

/matti

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

A lens cap is a very good cure for flare. Images are not good though unless you like black.

 

[matti]

Oh, I ment that the lens got dusty without one.
/matti

 

[jaapv]

I always buy chrome lens-caps Jon. All my photo's are a nice even silver.

 

[Avotius]

hehe yeah, if you are having problems with flare then they are gona be because you dont have a shade probably....the cap....keeps the lens nice and dark on the inside

 

[Avotius]

although it does look like your lens has some odd flair from that last shot

 

[Magus]

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