John McMaster Posted August 27, 2016 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have used this lens for years, but got bad flare for the first time this week. Lens hood on, no filter and near closest focussing distance shooting towards bright sun (but not in frame) and getting white-out flare. I guess as the front elements are so extended that the lens hood has little effect? john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jip Posted August 27, 2016 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2016 I have used this lens for years, but got bad flare for the first time this week. Lens hood on, no filter and near closest focussing distance shooting towards bright sun (but not in frame) and getting white-out flare. I guess as the front elements are so extended that the lens hood has little effect? john I find that most S lenses are sometimes prone to flare without their hoods, the hoods solve most of these problems. I do however think that the 120 flare quite a lot compared to the others, read: a lot compared to the others... not a lot in general terms. I find that M lenses are less prone to flare without their respective lens hoods, but this has to do of course with the size of the lenses, the bigger a lens the more 'space/volume' there is to 'create' a flare effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted August 27, 2016 Share #3 Posted August 27, 2016 Maybe using the bigger 70 mm lens hood would help Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted August 27, 2016 Do you mean the 180mm? The 70mm hood is both shorter and a different filter size.... john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterv Posted August 27, 2016 Share #5 Posted August 27, 2016 A hood is good. But as a general rule, whenever you shoot with backlight, always walk to the front of lens to see of there is any 'false' light entering the lens. Of so, use a flag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted August 27, 2016 I know, this was just hand-held 'snapshots', I had not seen it in action before. I have shot with the sun in frame with 24mm upwards without veiling flare. john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted August 27, 2016 Share #7 Posted August 27, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Can we see the picture Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted August 27, 2016 john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted August 27, 2016 Share #9 Posted August 27, 2016 john oh wow John. That's some serious lens flare. Did you manage to get the picture from a different angle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share #10 Posted August 27, 2016 It was just a snap in the garden, no great loss ;-)j ohn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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