Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could these be from dust on the lens surface that the light is hitting? With a lens that wide they might be just out of focus. Mike D Alastair Firkin wrote: > G'day all, > I recently had the chance to visit Antelope canyon. I was desperate to > work on some of the flowing sandstone shapes in both colour and b/w. The > canyons are quite narrow, and to my surprise, present a major problem of > "contrast". Of course, I should have realized, but nothing beats being > there. My first images are "failures". Despite keeping the lens out of > the direct line of the light as it pours through the ceiling the 15 mm > Super elmar has created a chicken pox effect with small dots of flare -- > small I presume as I was using f16 or f22. > Am I right in thinking this is due to the highlights bouncing around in > the lens barrel? Is there any way to avoid this flare? Is the older > super elmar more prone to flare than the newer version -- not that I > could afford the newer one, or the trip back to Arizona !!!! > > Please visit: > http://stairfirkin.com/Mayimages/antelopeflare1.jpg > > http://stairfirkin.com/Mayimages/antelopeflare2.jpg > > to see my problem. Not that I can easily return to Antelope Canyon ;-) > > I will be slowly posting some images of our trip, as I work on them in > the darkroom (and with the scanner). > > Alastair > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html