Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They way you get a lens to flare is to shine a strong light source at it just off axis. Just out of the picture. Any glass is going to give the Kojak effect in that circumstance. Flare and ghosts and god knows what else. Pretty rainbows. There is a Lug myth the Noctilux won't. I think people are confusing coma correction with flare. On 1/24/14 3:56 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Bob I had the Summicron and it VERY occasionally would flare with light > just out of frame, exactly as Marty described. I got it used and even then > lost very little on selling it. They are a workhorse and the benchmark at > the time. I certainly would not say it is flare prone. I got the Summilux > ASPH. That was seven years ago. Any lens at all can be made to flare in > some situations but I have never seen unintentional flare with that one for > whatever that is worth. I like it a lot but of course all of the 50s can do > great work. The summilux is a very complex design and from here at least > that means a trip to Germany if it needs svce. Some people dislike that > some examples can be quite firm to move the focus. I would say that > whatever you pick it is best to try it for yourself first if you can. > On Jan 25, 2014 6:20 AM, "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> ===On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com >>> wrote: >> >> I have an f1 Noctilux, a 50/2 Hexanon and a collapsible (first version >>> seven element) Summicron. None are as versatile as the latest pre-asph >>> 50/2 lenses, but I only shoot for myself these days. The Hexanon flares >>> much more with light sources in the frame, but less with them outside the >>> frame. I like that better. >>> >>> Marty >> >> >> Marty, what do you mean by 'versatile' in this context? >> >> Do you have any experience with the 50mm ASPH Summilux? Is it less flare >> prone than the 50mm Summicrons (not talking about the FLE)? >> >> I don't want to incur the Wrath of Ted with this discussion but it is >> interesting to me. >> >> --Flare-Phobic Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/