Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Throw away that UV filter. :-) Jim At 06:06 PM 10/21/98 +0200, you wrote: >I bought a Summicron-M 50mm new last year to go with my M6 and find it is far >more prone to flare than any of my older lenses. One side of the rectangle, >opposite to the light source, sometimes gets an added and unwanted dose of >exposure. I can't work out why. I've never experienced this effect in 17 >years of Leica M photography. To ensure the pull-out lens hood stays out, I >have stretched an elastic band over it. Still happens, though. Why? Was the >old clip-on, cut-out lens hood simply more effective? > >Is this a known phenomenom? What am I doing wrong? > http://www.photoaccess.com Jim Brick, ASMP, BIAA Photo Access (650) 470-1132 Visual Impressions Publishing Visual Impressions Photography (408) 296-1629