[Leica] 35 mm flare on an M3

[lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

I may be in the minority here, but the slightly darker areas outside  
of the central area look to me like normal falloff expected of a wide  
angle lens. When you use the lens on the M8 you are only using the  
central portion of the image circle. And if the lens is coded, the M8  
software compensates for the small amount of falloff. Changes in  
brightness across the field are not always due to lens defects. Some  
are due to geometry.

Larry Z


On Mar 22, 2009, at 5:18 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:

> On Mar 21, 2009, at 9:29 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
>> I've tested the lens on the M3 with TX at 400 ISO, I was veru
>> surprised to appreciate a certain flare on the center of the
>> negative, aybe it was simply that lens was dirty, the lens has no
>> signs of coating deterioration at all, maybe is a slight reflection
>> of light due to the adaptor adjustement on the camera, the case is
>> that the first picture could be in my opinion a good catch but I've
>> can improve it, I  would like know your opinions, thanks in advance.
>