D-LUX 7 halation/ fogging effect

[Paul Heiney]

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I am greatly enjoying my D Lux 7 - terrific little camera.

 If you take a look at the attached image, taken only as a test, you'll see a foggy effect between the two trees.  The sky was cloudy, but bright, and the sun was somewhere over the house, behind one of the trees.  I was using a lens hood and I'm not certain if this is due either  to incorrect exposure by me/ lens flare/ a fault. It is very reminiscent of the halation effect loved by some cinematographers.

How are you all exposing in high contrast situations like this?

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[lct]

Looks like the "CVF" (central veiling flare) one can get with some M lenses and others. To avoid this you may wish to keep the sun well outside of the frame but you should see that sort of flare in your EVF when you're shooting anyway. Then move your body or your camera until you don't see that flare in your EVF anymore... or don't change anything if perfection is not what you're after in photography. Another tip is to avoid slow apertures like f/16 or f/22, or more simply, keep the sun behind you. Here at f/16 with Summicron 50/2 where the sun was in front of me above the frame.

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[wda]

Paul, this is quite typical of flare between two dark masses. As lct suggests, a slight change of camera position,  can sometimes solve the problem. Unless you want shaded detail in the hedge, you could try slightly negative EV adjustment. I sometimes see this with garden landscapes. If so, I try to exclude the offending light source, by cropping, or positional changes.

Edited October 30, 2022 by wda

[Paul Heiney]

thanks both.  The effect which is evident in lct's image is exactly what I'm experiencing. I need to shift my feet a bit!