menos
Veteran
One with the Super Nikkor from a recent shoot (stopped down to ƒ2):
portrait - JC - table - color by teknopunk.com, on Flickr
portrait - JC - table - color by teknopunk.com, on Flickr
kermaier
Well-known
How do you guys find the behavior with your Nikkor 85/1.5 in regards of flare?
Here is a shot from a few days ago:
scooter rider - flare by teknopunk.com, on Flickr
I am actually not a person, who dislikes flare (as long, as it's beautiful and very lens specific flare).
I find so far, that the Nikkor behaves well, except of course, when used directly into very bright light sources, as here or in the construction site shot above.
For the fact, that it is a 60 year old lens with a huge, exposed front element, it looks nice ;-)
I saw similar behavior from my Canon 85/1.8 LTM lens with hard sunlight from above and in front of the lens. Gotta use a deep hood with these lenses.
The 85/1.5 is on my list of "someday, maybe, if I'm really lucky" Nikkor LTM lenses, along with the 25/4 and 50/3.5 Micro-Nikkor.
::Ari