Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Arne Helme <Arne.Helme@stelvio.nl> wrote: >Andrew Nemeth also asked about flare. I deliberately kept the sun out >of the shots to avoid flare. There are simply to many undesired side >effects of flare and I don't want to provoke flare more than >necessary. Ah, but you don't know what you're missing! (Some) Leica glass is designed to cope brilliantly with flare. Indeed, it is precisely because of this that I dumped my Nikon gear in 1998 and went Leica! Some examples from my Southeast Tasmanian project from last year. All of these following are seamless 360-degree panoramas shot with a Leica Fisheye-Elmarit 16mm: <http://4020.net/cgiz/secape.pl?s=7mfr> <http://4020.net/cgiz/secape.pl?s=8mfr> <http://4020.net/cgiz/secape.pl?s=9mfr> There is simply no way the Nikon 16mm equivalent would have coped with the sun directly into the lens. Which is why I was interested in how well the R 19mm and especially the new R 50mm Summilux handled the sun. Regds, Andrew Nemeth <http://4020.net> -> photos, 360° panoramic vrs, sounds <http://nemeng.com> -> vr java applets, leica faq, tech info - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html