Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/1/04 9:48 PM, John Collier at jbcollier@shaw.ca wrote: > ... a sample of what happens when the sun is just out of the > frame and shining on the lens: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/50-Summilux-Asph-samples/flare I suspect that this flare, like the occasional flare I noticed with the 35mm Summicron-R, is a result of the sun being withtin the image circle but outside the film gate, and the light projected into the throat of the camera is bouncing around between the lens and film (in SLR-speak that's the mirror chamber). Except for situations like this I found the 35mm Summicron-R to be essentially flare-proof. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com