[Leica] Unintended flare test of 90mm Elmarit-M

[jblack at ambio.net (John Black)]

> While scanning negatives from a recent outdoor event I noticed a couple of
> frames with very noticeable flares. I posted one of them at
>   http://gallery.leica-users.org/OliverBrykPhotos/04Aug02_01  . 
> 
> I used a current model Elmarit-M 90mm/f2.8 on Kodak BW400CN, probably at
> f/5.6, no filter, on 08/22/04 at about 1 p.m. local daylight time, with
> broken cloud cover. Is this flare typical of the 90mm Elmarit? Although I
> have often made contre jour pictures I've not seen this kind of diffused
> flare before.
> 


Think back and see if you can remember coming out of an air conditioned 
space just before this pic was taken.  It looks like condensate to me, not 
flare. 

I have 2 of these lenses (black and chrome) and find it quite flare 
resistant.  Strangely enough, my late (1990) German TE doesn't flare either.

JB