Flare Elmar-m 50/2.8

[hanay1978]

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Dear all,

How is the behavior of Flare Elmar-m 50/2.8 (11831) against the sun. Does it flares a lot ? Plenty of ghosting ? Or it is ok ? How is it its performance compared with Con 50 v5 ?

Thank you !

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[a.noctilux]

When I used one, not flare prone lens.

Never seen "plenty" of ghosting, maybe because the simple optical cell with four individual cell "Tessar style".

Side note, simple optical cell is not always flare resistant, I think of thin Tele-Elmarit-M 90mm well known for it's flare-prone.

For different reasons, now I use Summarit-M 2.5/50 which replaced the Elmar-M 50mm

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See this following thread for 50mm Elmar-M

 

 

[hanay1978]

17 hours ago, a.noctilux said:

When I used one, not flare prone lens.

Never seen "plenty" of ghosting, maybe because the simple optical cell with four individual cell "Tessar style".

Side note, simple optical cell is not always flare resistant, I think of thin Tele-Elmarit-M 90mm well known for it's flare-prone.

For different reasons, now I use Summarit-M 2.5/50 which replaced the Elmar-M 50mm

...

See this following thread for 50mm Elmar-M

 

 

I am asking this because the cron 50 I have is a catastrophe in terms of ghosting.

 

may I ask, what are the reasons of you using the summarit ?

[a.noctilux]

Summarit-M * has more than six blades (in Elmar-M) important for me when I close a  bit and light blobs are not hexagone shape.

Always ready not to un-collapse, focus tab in place of narrow focus ring.

Above all the handling, quick focus (the tab help a lot), and the results are top.

 

* now I use three Summarit-M 2.5/35, 50, 75

[UliWer]

From all I know most Elmars - including the 1:2.8/50mm Elmar-M - are very resistant against flair, even without a hood. The only exception is the old 1:2,8/50mm Elmar from the late 50s early 60s. When I tried a comparison with the current 50mm Summicron, this Elmar (not the Elmar-M!) flared while the Summicron didn‘t. 

[tsleica]

My 50mm f2.8 Elmar-M flares a lot under the right circumstances...even w/hood.

But that said.. it renders a very beautiful image indeed.

 

[hanay1978]

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6 hours ago, tsleica said:

My 50mm f2.8 Elmar-M flares a lot under the right circumstances...even w/hood.

But that said.. it renders a very beautiful image indeed.

 

What circumstances ? Sun in the corner, or inmediatedly out of the frame ? What about goshting ?