Hello Shel, Intrigued, I took my 16-45 and FA 50/1.4 outside here to test for flare. It is 100 degrees and very sunny right now, so easy to get the sun in the image. As I worked with the 16-45 first, I could cause it to flare when I put the sun just outside of the top corner of the frame. If I moved the sun into the frame just slightly, it flare would go away. So it seemed that there was one angle of the sun that would catch the glass just right that SMC coatings wouldn't help enough.
Then I put on the FA 50 and tried the same thing. On this lens, it would flare just as the sun was put into the frame, rather than just outside it. It can be made to flare just about as easily as the 16-45, but at a different angle. The picture that Paul Stenquist showed had the sun in the frame and so the flare was mostly absent. Your shot has the sun just outside the frame and so it really showed. Anyway, in my quickie test, it seemed that there was a single spot where the flare would really show, but I could make another Pentax lens do just about the same thing. That is probably why I haven't noticed any real flare problems with mine - it didn't take much of a movement to fix the problem. Thoughts? -- Bruce Friday, June 16, 2006, 2:30:10 PM, you wrote: SB> Hi Bruce, SB> There was no filter in use for the awful flare shot, and the factory lens SB> hood was used both times. I know it was with the shot of the houseboat, SB> and I'm sure it was when I used your lens in the restaurant. SB> Shel >> [Original Message] >> From: Bruce Dayton >> I'm curious if you had a filter on the lens for the awful flare >> version. I know the shot you took of me had a filter on it albeit an >> SMC filter. >> >> I have never seen flare like the awful on from my 16-45 - but if I >> think flare could be an issue, I always take of the filter. Just >> curious. I may have to go out and see if I can get mine to flare that >> badly. >> SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/bruceflare.jpg >> SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/awfulflare.jpg >> >> SB> Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
