Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Monday, March 24, 2003 6:03 PM -0500 P2CON@aol.com wrote: > For the doubters I put up a scan of two shots showing veiling flare. One, > a third generation Summ.50/2 (11817), and the second a 1964 Soviet 50/1.5 > J3 (Sonnar clone). I was running a backyard comparison check of these and > this was one of the shots. Both cameras and lens' were set to the same > exposure, (f8 at 1/500), and with proper shades on both. The shots were > taken in open shade with a small amount of bright sky showing at the top > of the viewfinder. The Summicron showed slightly more flare than the J3. > See for yourselves: > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/connet/image-42375.html > > Regards, Paul Connet Well, the 50/2 is not my most used lens, but here is an example of a current version 50/2 in something close to "worst case" conditions. The shot was directly into a bright sky and fairly low sun. Flash fill was with the SF-20 (off camera) dialed down a stop. Not a hint of flare. http://berkshire.ldp.com/~rolfe/CaseyAndBrigette02.jpg Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html