White in middle of frame with FED2 + Industar 26?

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olind

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I've started to shoot some film (just for fun :)) the last year. I've just tried a roll with my newly bought FED2 with an Industar 26.

On most of my frames there is a brighter spot in the middle of the frame. Do you have any ideas if that's normal and if there is anything I can do to avoid it?

I attach 2 images where one is like many of my frames and the other is the extreme.

Thanks in advance!
 

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Looks like you have a hole in the shutter curtain. You should check this with the lens and back removed using a small bright light source in a darkened room, shine the light into the camera look for pin holes and cracks in the curtains.
 
A hood will make a world of difference, but you'll never fully tame it if you shoot straight into the sun. Generic 40.5mm hoods are dirt cheap.
 
Is it that simple? :) It's just flair that I'm seeing? I think that on some of my non-into-the-sun-pictures I also see it but maybe this old lens is much more prone to flair than my newer?

Do you have any recommendations on hoods?
 

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It's just flair that I'm seeing?
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Flair is what you put into the picture; flare is what the sun adds. :D

When using older lenses, not only do I fit a lens hood but, if the lens is pointing anywhere close to the sun, I use my left hand to add some further shade. It takes a little while to learn how to do it without photographing your hand but it's a useful skill, if you like uncoated lenses.
 
I looked at the curtain and it looks really good. No holes or anything strange.

Then I looked in the lens and it seems to be a bit dirty and maybe even a bit scratched :( I'll start to get it clean and then do another film and I might end up buying another one :( If so maybe the foldable with a lens hood?
 
olind said:
I looked at the curtain and it looks really good. No holes or anything strange.

Then I looked in the lens and it seems to be a bit dirty and maybe even a bit scratched :( I'll start to get it clean and then do another film and I might end up buying another one :( If so maybe the foldable with a lens hood?
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Well you can't clean off scratches. Just buy a nice FSU lens without scratches and you'll notice the difference.
Btw I also always use sunshades with these lenses, it not only helps against flare, but also improves contrast a lot.
 
You could have some haze inside the lens too, which will be exacerbated by shooting into the sun. A good cleaning inside and out will help. The I-26M is a wonderful lens, and unless it's highly scratched, you should get some good use out of it.

I was going to put a photo of mine with the hood, but the new iteration of Flickr has removed BB code from the Share selections.

PF
 
I have FED-2 with I-26M and it has the same bright spot, if into the sun, sometimes.
I don't know if it is the lens or curtains, they aren't perfectly flat.
Adding of hood seem to be minimizing the spot size.
Just regular vented hood from the e-bay, 40.5 mm.
 
Are you using your cases? It looks impossible to get a hood to fit into the case. Also if I buy a hood I need to find another lens cap. How do you work with your FEDs? Any magic tips? :)

This is what I got. I must find a neck string (what is it called?) as well.
 

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Hi,

The word you need is "strap" and you can buy little cases to hold the lens hood on the strap which is what a lot of us do. Or else buy a small gadget bag to hold the camera, meter, film, hood and another lens.

Regards, David

PS If you have the strap made for you, then have a short strap made and an extra strap to lengthen it.
 
On the first roll of film I shot with my I26 I got the same sort of flare, even in shaded light, if there was any bright sky showing in the frame:



I have a hood for the lens now, which helps with the problem, but when I'm using that lens I try to be conscious of hot spots that might cause flare.
 
Hi,

Pinholes in the blind look like this:-

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They don't always appear as the time the lens cap is off and the size of the hole are the exposure for the flare-up. So take pictures quickly and they may disappear...

Regards, David
 
By the selective nature of that light area (in the same area all the time) I would think it's a shutter curtain. Always was w/ my Feds anyway. Normally they look like what David posted. Have you looked through the lens off the camera w/ a good back light?
 
olind said:
I looked at the curtain and it looks really good. No holes or anything strange.
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Take the back and the lens off. Get the brightest torch you can find and shine it on one side of the curtains whilst looking at the other side. Do this is a dimly-lit room and check both curtains (i.e. shutter cocked and un-cocked). You'll see any pinholes in the curtain(s) quite easily. I've found pinholes in what looked, superficially, to be perfectly good curtains
 
The left picture from my first post is right into the sun. I had heard that this lens was really prone to flare and I wanted to try to see how it would look.

I really like to shoot straight into the light source but maybe not with this lens :) See:
I have mostly tried it with my digital before.

I have looked through both the curtains with a really bright torch and couldn't find any holes even in a really dark room. I have been pretty careful to take the picture, put on the hood and put the camera down my bag right away for most my shots so I don't think this is a curtain problem.

I have ordered a 40.5 mm hood so I'll try my next film with that!
 
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