Don'tknowmuch Posted January 12, 2009 Share #1 Posted January 12, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello all. I recently took my M2 to the beach, and although low the Sun was quite clear and strong. Amongst other photo's I pointed the lens at the Sun as shown below just to see what happened. I've been warned of flare with the Elmars, but can't see much wrong with this at all in flare terms. In fact the lack of internal reflections at all are welcome. Any comments? Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Bastian A. Posted January 12, 2009 Share #2 Posted January 12, 2009 which elmar do you mean? 3,5/50 - 2,8/50 - 2,8/50 (new) - 4/90 - 4/90 (3 elements) - 4/135 regards b. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted January 12, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 12, 2009 jim very good result..I also am not seeing flare so far with my elmars...low contrast yes, flare not yet andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tknowmuch Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted January 13, 2009 Which Elmar? Good point. The above beach picture was with my 35mm f3.5, and the one below with a 50mm f3.5 on the front of a Leica 1. Neither seem to me to be exhibiting any more flare than I would deem acceptable. Whether there could be less flare with a more modern lens I don't know as I don't have any more modern Leitz lenses! Maybe there'd be more issues if the lens was more oliquely angled to the Sun; ie it was just out of shot angling across the glass? Any thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhulbert Posted January 18, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 18, 2009 I picked up a 90/4 on ebay (only ebay purchase I have ever made actually) and it has absolutely awful flare in most situations. I know that I need to fix myself up a shade and it will probably fix a lot of it, but have not gotten around to it as I have been so disenchanted with the lens. Still, it was very cheap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 20, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 20, 2009 Take care to do not point too much your camera to the sun, you can get some holes in the curtains ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tknowmuch Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted January 21, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Mmm... I hadn't thought of that. I should think I've been ok with watery English Winter Sun, but I'd better watch out if it ever warms up. Are the curtains of my M2 going to be any more prone to burning up than, say, those in my OM system? I ask hoping that if the curtains are no weaker I can carry on doing what I've done for years with my OM's and know I'd be ok. Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbaron Posted January 21, 2009 Share #8 Posted January 21, 2009 The shutter curtain on all Ms is directly in the path of the light all the time. The M8's shutter is metal, so it doesn't matter. It's my understanding that pointing an M at the sun, particularly with a tele lens attached, risks burning holes in the curtain. Olympus OMs are reflex cameras, so a mirror covers the curtain most of the time. It protects the curtain but not your eyes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhulbert Posted January 22, 2009 Share #9 Posted January 22, 2009 I have heard this too. Particular problem if you have it set to infinity and fully open I believe. Read a story of someone -- a won't-use-a-lens-cap-as-it-cramps-my-style-man type -- that spent 10 or 15 mins with his M hanging around his neck pointing straight at the low sun in the sky as he walked home, only to find a neat hole in his shutter curtain. Scared me enough -- if my lens cap is off my hand now instinctively drops over he lens when I turn the camera to the sun for more than a few secs. No idea if the story is true, but not taking the risk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tknowmuch Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted January 22, 2009 Of course... Thank you. If I'd had my brain in gear I could have worked this out, but there you go. I'll operate with greater circumspection from now on. Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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