Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know whether Kyocera-Zeiss 50/1.7 nor N*** 50/1.8 have better flare control than 50/2.0-R Summicron, I do also experience slight veiling flare with my late 3cam 50mm Summicron under certain light condition where my 60mm Elmarit would perform flawlessly. My 50mm Summicron comes with the build-in shade which I use it regularly. Even with the slight veiling flare problem with 50mm Summicron, some of my most beautiful images are still made from my Summicron. Gerald Hsu >------------------------------ >Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:13:56 +0100 >From: Mikiro M <arbos@iname.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 50/2 R and Flare > >At 12:09 am +0100 10/2/99, Jim Brick wrote: >snip-- >>If you allow the sun to shine directly on the front surface of any lens, >>you will get some level of detectable flare. >snip-- > >I know it. I never have the sun in or near the frame. I just have had an >impression that 50/2R has more veiling flare in some light situations than >other "standard" lenses such as Leica-R (60/2.8), Kyocera-Zeiss (50/1.7, >50/1.4, and 60/2.8), and Nikkor (50/1.8). This is not an objective >argument, but my wife has the same feeling. I also know that 50/2R gives >satisfying images in other situations. >- -- >Mikiro Mori >Strasbourg, Europe >http://www.members.tripod.com/arbos3/cigogne/index.html >------------------------------