That's not real flare - it's just a mirror refletion of the sun - shaped like a star, caused by the aperture blades. This is flare: http://www.ghostweb.com/lens_1.gif http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/flare.shtml http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/lensflare/lens-flare-tut-shot1.jpg http://www.hash.com/users/joewllms/FlaresReference1.jpg http://dominique.hoffmann.free.fr/photos/phenomen/lens_flare.jpg
Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Mat Maessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. februar 2006 16:04 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: SMC Pentax-A 3.5 35-135mm - comments, please On 2/7/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. Specular highlights tend to flare. I first noticed this in chrome > > trim on a car. I can point to pictures to demonstrate. Probably due to > > the large number of glass elements in the lens. > > Can you please show a picture demonstrating that? I am interested in > the artifact. http://www.matoe.org/pics/MINI/roll1/030_28.jpg Give it a while to load, since it's large (1536x1024). Look at the chrome surrounding the headlight on the right side of the picture. -Mat
