Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Julian Thomas wrote >>>>Do you never have problems with flare? I find even trying to focus in a bar > where there are spot lights in the ceiling but the overall light is low is > hell because of flare. I remember meeting up with some guys and comparing > M2/3/4/6 and the 6 flared and the others didn't. What is your secret??<<< Hi Julian, I have no secrets and never knew I had a flare problem until it was mentioned on the LUG! It happens on occasion, but I just quickly move the camera and avoid it right away never thinking about it and keep right on shooting without any thought. Maybe I've had flare since 1985 when I got my 3 - M6's and just never knew about it as I work quickly and usually without much thought of anything else but capturing the moments I'm being paid to put on film. And as long as the film is advancing as rapidly as I work the RapidWinder with the little red arrows lighting up I'm just as happy as a puppy.:-) I suppose if one is working slowly and in a deliberate manner they would be more aware of flare when it happens, but as I said, if it occurs with me I just move the camera or my head and it's gone, but that quick reaction is as natural as breathing without any thought of the flare. Maybe because I've been using M6's for 15-16 years. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant