Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Newest Summicron-M 50mm lens flare
From: jimbrick@photoaccess.com (Jim Brick)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 11:54:35 -0700

Throw away that UV filter.

:-)

Jim

At 06:06 PM 10/21/98 +0200, you wrote:
>I bought a Summicron-M 50mm new last year to go with my M6 and find it is far
>more prone to flare than any of my older lenses. One side of the rectangle,
>opposite to the light source, sometimes gets an added and unwanted dose of
>exposure. I can't work out why. I've never experienced this effect in 17
>years of Leica M photography. To ensure the pull-out lens hood stays out, I
>have stretched an elastic band over it. Still happens, though. Why? Was the
>old clip-on, cut-out lens hood simply more effective?
>
>Is this a known phenomenom? What am I doing wrong?
> 
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