Andrew Sowerby
Well-known
Marc-A. said:Wow weird. Are sure aliens weren't trying to contact you? And you didn't reply ...
It usually happens at full aperture with back light ... I didn't sense an alien presence. I can be a bit slow on the up-take, however.
dlove5
Established
Holy and Personal Flare
Holy and Personal Flare
Sometime I kinda like what an old collapsible Summicron can do
collapsible Summicron @ f4.0 or so
and sometimes I don't
collapsible Summicron @ f2.8 or so.
Guess, I wasn't watching my back.
Holy and Personal Flare
Sometime I kinda like what an old collapsible Summicron can do
collapsible Summicron @ f4.0 or so
and sometimes I don't
collapsible Summicron @ f2.8 or so.
Guess, I wasn't watching my back.
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
ferider said:...
And a 40mm Summicron-C photo:
"Leica glow"
I'll bet that guy was getting some flare, Roland!!
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venchka
Veteran
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
venchka said:
it is a flare prone lens.
mjflory
Accumulator
Flare?
Flare?
Here's a shot that's been puzzling me. I took it with a Rokkor 40/2 on a CL over Thanksgiving in Newburyport, MA on Kodak HD 400. The mid-afternoon sun was well to my left, and I was using a lens hood. I'd suspect a light leak or a shutter problem but it's the only shot with the problem and the camera was thoroughly overhauled last year. (The shot is in mid-roll, I didn't change lenses during the roll, and I try to avoid pointing the camera at the sun. I had a half-case on the camera as well.)
As I scanned this image just now, I looked closely at the film strip and saw that the "flare" extends into the area beyond the frame and crosses the sprocket holes on top. I wonder: drugstore-processing error or something else?
Flare?
Here's a shot that's been puzzling me. I took it with a Rokkor 40/2 on a CL over Thanksgiving in Newburyport, MA on Kodak HD 400. The mid-afternoon sun was well to my left, and I was using a lens hood. I'd suspect a light leak or a shutter problem but it's the only shot with the problem and the camera was thoroughly overhauled last year. (The shot is in mid-roll, I didn't change lenses during the roll, and I try to avoid pointing the camera at the sun. I had a half-case on the camera as well.)
As I scanned this image just now, I looked closely at the film strip and saw that the "flare" extends into the area beyond the frame and crosses the sprocket holes on top. I wonder: drugstore-processing error or something else?
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raid
Dad Photographer
Brian Sweeney suggests to blacken the aperture blades to reduce flare.
mjflory
Accumulator
raid said:
Interesting... Most of my lenses seem to have blackish blades already, but I can still imagine how a bright light might bounce off them. What's the best way to do it?
crawdiddy
qu'est-ce que c'est?
mjflory said:
Did you fly commercial with this film possibly? Could it be Xray exposure?
mjflory
Accumulator
crawdiddy said:
Nope, we drove amateur.
I think it's either a slip-up at the drugstore or I let the camera sit at just the wrong angle to the sun for a while. (The latter seems unlikely, though, as we were walking along the docks all the time and I was shooting fairly regularly.) Maybe I'll take one of the little 12-shot ASA 800 rolls I got from David M. and give the camera a torture test.
raid
Dad Photographer
mjflory said:
Michael,
Brian has a thread about it at some website. He even posted photos before/after blackening the aperture blades of a Menopta. There is a significant reduction in glare.
Krosya
Konicaze
Industar 50/3.5 on M3 :
Bryce
Well-known
robster180
Established
Bingley
Veteran
From the first outing w/ a coated Elmar 50/3.5, pushing the envelope while avoiding the sun...
dazedgonebye
Veteran
Agfa pinhole camera.
Lensless flare....
Lensless flare....
Bryce
Well-known
dazedgoneby-
I had no idea this was possible!
Come to think of it, what we see in the image must be reflections from the edges of the aperture. Correct? Or am I missing something basic about the pinhole?
I had no idea this was possible!
Come to think of it, what we see in the image must be reflections from the edges of the aperture. Correct? Or am I missing something basic about the pinhole?
