The 55mm f1.2 is also horrid for flare being single coated and having such a
large lens element. And yes I often have to risk taking blurred photos of my
fingers when I shade the lens with my hand. The absolute worst lens for
flare I have currently is the 100mm 2.8; Even with lens hood it is so
susceptible and sometimes I get a surprise when the film shows severe flare
that I hadn't noticed so much in the viewfinder.
I guess the answer is to avoid flare situations.
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From: "Ian A. Nichols" <I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: [OM] Flaring Fifties
>
> I've noticed that my 40/1.4 seems more susceptible to flare than my
> 1.8s. It's a multicoated variant (says so on the nose), but S/N is
> <1000000.
>
> If I stand near the window and point a camera with this lens across the
> light, I can see a washed out patch at the opposite end of the
> viewfinder which goes away when I shade the lens with my hand (needs
> closer shading than my lenshoods give) or stop down to f/5.6.
>
> This is much less pronounced with a 1.8 and disappears at f/4
>
> Is this normal?
>
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