what is this? flares?

[johnny.moped]

please look at this night-shot.
looks like kind of flares. but never seen it like this before.
taken with a summilux 50 asph on kodak ektar.

any ideas?

best,

daniel

 

[George S.]

Yes. Lens flare. Happens when you shoot directly toward a light source.

 

[arseniii]

Cannot believe ASPH LUX flares like this, was it a digital body you used?

 

[f16sunshine]

Wow! Like pre asph :?
Not such a tragedy if you were WO or close. Am I seeing some distortion on the bottom of the frame or is it from the scan not being flat??

 

[johnny.moped]

Yes. Lens flare. Happens when you shoot directly toward a light source.

I know what lens flares are but i never saw them like this.
normally there would be some flares moving from the light source towards the film/lens and not one strip around the light-source.

Cannot believe ASPH LUX flares like this, was it a digital body you used?

no, leica mp and kodak ektar.
though the lux asph. is said to be almost flare-free it can't do magic.
here is another one with flares how i would expect them to look like (and only showing this little flares is pretty damn good for a lens - at least in my opinion).

Wow! Like pre asph :?
Not such a tragedy if you were WO or close. Am I seeing some distortion on the bottom of the frame or is it from the scan not being flat??

what does "WO" mean?
the distotion comes from the nikon coolscan film-strip-feeder.

next time i will extract the lens-hood, though i don't think it will help much in this cases.

 

[Avotius]

I think he means Wide Open. That last shot there of the street lamp shows excellent behavior for flare. That first shot though is a little odd, I almost want to say maybe some sort of outside the frame light source but im not really sure here except that I dont think its light coming off the buildings doing this. Its odd how both flares end so abruptly and are slightly off axis...interesting...and if its those two front lights which it probably is, then its odd behavior indeed.

 

[MartinP]

I recall seeing slightly similar marks once, but that was the reflection of the sun (from above, in other words) off the shiney filter-threads of a lens, which I was using without filter or a hood.

Could this be light bouncing of the filter threads, or even the edge of an uncoated filter glass, on to the front element of the lens ? The two lamps in the foreground are equidistant from the frame edges, as are the mystery marks.

 

[sleepyhead]

Yes, good question - I was also wondering if you had a filter on the lens when you took that shot?

 

[johnny.moped]

I think he means Wide Open. That last shot there of the street lamp shows excellent behavior for flare. That first shot though is a little odd, I almost want to say maybe some sort of outside the frame light source but im not really sure here except that I dont think its light coming off the buildings doing this. Its odd how both flares end so abruptly and are slightly off axis...interesting...and if its those two front lights which it probably is, then its odd behavior indeed.

wasn't wide open. about f5.6-f8.

 

[johnny.moped]

Yes, good question - I was also wondering if you had a filter on the lens when you took that shot?

no filter, no nothing.

I recall seeing slightly similar marks once, but that was the reflection of the sun (from above, in other words) off the shiney filter-threads of a lens, which I was using without filter or a hood.

Could this be light bouncing of the filter threads, or even the edge of an uncoated filter glass, on to the front element of the lens ? The two lamps in the foreground are equidistant from the frame edges, as are the mystery marks.

could be a reflection, but there are no shiny filter-threads on that lens. everything is painted black.

i just tried something in photoshop and the marks seem to come from a perfect circle.

 

[awilder]

I use to own a 50 ASPH 'lux and can say that it is not as flare resistant as they advertise since I've eperienced flare in a few situations. Regardless, it's still the best 50/1.4 in production.

 

[johnny.moped]

so, i'm out in the night. taking some other shots.
this time with extracted lenshood. maybe this will help.

 

[Chris101]

Sorry, it's obvious. The flare on the left comes from the light on the right, and vice versa.

 

[George S.]

Could also be something internal in the lens that's not painted flat black, or the black flaked off somewhere. Look for something like a thin silver line (curved around a lens element or some internal metal of the lens of course).