Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:26 AM 11/9/97 +1100, Alastair Firkin wrote: >> Unfortunately, with my M2, because I am not looking through the >> lens, I never notice flare until I get the film back from the processor. >> Then it's too late. >> >> How do longtime RF users counteract this? Do you just develop a sixth >> sense about it? > >Are you married? I ask Helen to check the lens for direct sunlight falling >on the front element, and if it does to shade the lens, hopefully outside >the visual range of the lens ;-) I am married, and Marie is supportive about my photography habit, I mean hobby, but often when I'm doing photography she isn't with me. So -- how to detect sunlight falling obliquely on the lens of a rangefinder? What to do, what to do...? I know! I could get one of those Silley Unendurable Hats some of the guys on the list used to go on about, and attach a dentist's mirror to the brim, directed so I can see the front of the lens with my left eye while I look through the finder with my right eye. What a brilliant idea! I'll bet I can make a million dollars on this... now, where did I put my patent attorney's number? But -- oh no! -- now I've given my idea away to the LUG! Hey, you lawyer guys -- does this constitute a disclosure? - -Patrick