yiccciy Posted July 18, 2022 Share #1 Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) As shown in the picture, I shot this using my new 35mm 1.4 FLE lens at widest aperture and I’m shooting with the lens hood on. Does anyone happen to know what caused the circular light rings around all light bulbs? Is it due to lens defects for this particular lens or it’s a general thing for FLE lenses? Any help is greatly appreciated! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 18, 2022 by yiccciy Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/334688-leica-35mm-f14-fle-lens-flare/?do=findComment&comment=4473082'>More sharing options...
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archive_all Posted July 19, 2022 Share #2 Posted July 19, 2022 Hello, I'm not sure but I can try to check with mine. I wouldn't have used 1.4 for that image though (film or digital) which is probably why I've never seen anything like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erato Posted July 19, 2022 Share #3 Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, archive_all said: Hello, I'm not sure but I can try to check with mine. I wouldn't have used 1.4 for that image though (film or digital) which is probably why I've never seen anything like it. +1 Not in my memory as far as I know. My FLE is during a 6 months long stay with my friend at the moment. I'll give it a try when it return to me. Edited July 19, 2022 by Erato Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiccciy Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted July 19, 2022 3 hours ago, archive_all said: Hello, I'm not sure but I can try to check with mine. I wouldn't have used 1.4 for that image though (film or digital) which is probably why I've never seen anything like it. Hi. Thanks for replying. Do you mean that you wouldn’t shoot directly to light bulbs? Yeah that’s probably not a wise thing to do, I was doing that in sake of testing this lens. Also the exposure was done incorrectly, I should have mentioned that I measured towards the bottom umbrellas which would make the image over expose (which is probably another reason why that circular flare happened). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erato Posted July 19, 2022 Share #5 Posted July 19, 2022 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Sample #1 Sample #2 Sample #3 To the OP, 23 minutes ago, yiccciy said: Hi. Thanks for replying. Do you mean that you wouldn’t shoot directly to light bulbs? Yeah that’s probably not a wise thing to do, I was doing that in sake of testing this lens. Also the exposure was done incorrectly, I should have mentioned that I measured towards the bottom umbrellas which would make the image over expose (which is probably another reason why that circular flare happened). FYR. all these photos were taken wide opened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Sample #1 Sample #2 Sample #3 To the OP, FYR. all these photos were taken wide opened. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/334688-leica-35mm-f14-fle-lens-flare/?do=findComment&comment=4473259'>More sharing options...
Bikie John Posted July 19, 2022 Share #6 Posted July 19, 2022 Just a thought - did you have a filter on the lens? That can cause all sorts of "interesting" effects with point light sources in the frame. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarav Posted July 19, 2022 Share #7 Posted July 19, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 14 hours ago, yiccciy said: As shown in the picture, I shot this using my new 35mm 1.4 FLE lens at widest aperture and I’m shooting with the lens hood on. Does anyone happen to know what caused the circular light rings around all light bulbs? Is it due to lens defects for this particular lens or it’s a general thing for FLE lenses? Any help is greatly appreciated! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I've tons of image like this and all with same halo around bulbs (bulbs only). Maybe the lens with filter on, maybe not. It is present in digital and in film (b&w and colour). To me is not a problem at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted July 19, 2022 Share #8 Posted July 19, 2022 I'm going to guess you shot that picture on film. I've had the very same effect with points of light numerous times when shooting film, regardless of what lens I've used. It doesn't happen when I shoot on a digital camera. I've no idea what causes it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted July 19, 2022 Share #9 Posted July 19, 2022 The lights towards the edge are showing coma which I really would not expect from this lens (the pre-asph suffered but not the asph lenses in my experience). Can you give details of the camera and aperture used? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ba Erv Posted July 19, 2022 Share #10 Posted July 19, 2022 Looks like halation on film. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted July 19, 2022 Share #11 Posted July 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Ba Erv said: Looks like halation on film. Think you might have solved the mystery! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoworks Posted July 19, 2022 Share #12 Posted July 19, 2022 It is a funny looking halo. I wonder if it is the light sorce creating the Ring. There are so many odd LED bulbs out there this days. try a different location and see if it comes up again. I get helo a 1.4 more like the few bulbs on top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camaro5 Posted July 19, 2022 Share #13 Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) I've never experienced that with my 35 FLE on an M10-R. To me it looks like incorrect metering. If you had the highlight clipping on, that would have told you to use exposure compensation or stop down. You could always bring up the shadows in post. Edited July 19, 2022 by Camaro5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 19, 2022 Share #14 Posted July 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, Camaro5 said: Edit to add: Which version of the lens is this? The previous version is worse for flare than the most recent one. There is only one 35 M Summilux ASPH with a floating lens element (FLE), which the OP uses. The prior Summilux ASPH has no FLE. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camaro5 Posted July 19, 2022 Share #15 Posted July 19, 2022 39 minutes ago, Jeff S said: There is only one 35 M Summilux ASPH with a floating lens element (FLE), which the OP uses. The prior Summilux ASPH has no FLE. Jeff Thanks for pointing that out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiccciy Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share #16 Posted July 19, 2022 16 hours ago, Bikie John said: Just a thought - did you have a filter on the lens? That can cause all sorts of "interesting" effects with point light sources in the frame. John No I didn’t use any filter to shoot this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiccciy Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share #17 Posted July 19, 2022 13 hours ago, pgk said: The lights towards the edge are showing coma which I really would not expect from this lens (the pre-asph suffered but not the asph lenses in my experience). Can you give details of the camera and aperture used? Sure. I’m using a Leica M6 with cinestill BwXX film shot at 1.4 and pushed to 500 iso. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiccciy Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share #18 Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) On 7/18/2022 at 2:38 PM, yiccciy said: As shown in the picture, I shot this using my new 35mm 1.4 FLE lens at widest aperture and I’m shooting with the lens hood on. Does anyone happen to know what caused the circular light rings around all light bulbs? Is it due to lens defects for this particular lens or it’s a general thing for FLE lenses? Any help is greatly appreciated! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Thanks for all the help!! Just some more details: I shot this picture with Leica M6, aperture 1.4, cinestill BwXX film pushed to 500iso (+1push). With lens hood, no filter. And I overexposed this picture by metering towards umbrellas in shadow down below (for testing purpose) Edited July 19, 2022 by yiccciy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28framelines Posted July 19, 2022 Share #19 Posted July 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, yiccciy said: Thanks for all the help!! Just some more details: I shot this picture with Leica M6, aperture 1.4, cinestill BwXX film pushed to 500iso (+1push). With lens hood, no filter. And I overexposed this picture by metering towards umbrellas in shadow down below (for testing purpose) I’m pretty sure Cinestill films are designed for halation to occur… 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ba Erv Posted July 20, 2022 Share #20 Posted July 20, 2022 Cinestill BWxx doesn’t have a Remjet layer and the highly polished film plate on the M6 adds to the halation effect you’re seeing in this example. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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