On Sunday, September 08, 2002 at 9:48, Winsor Crosby
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wrote re "Re: [OM] ( OM ) Internal lens flare" saying:
> It is flare. No lens is completely free of flare if you have the sun
> in the frame. Some lenses are worse than others. The amount of
> possible flare is roughly proportional to the number of elements in
> the lens. Telephotos have more elements. Fast lenses have more
> elements. If you are going to take this kind of picture you probably
> need to select your slowest single focal length normal or longer lens
> with the best coatings.
I suggest telephotos have fewer elements usually.
Fast, zoom, and retrofocus wide angles are what push the element count up.
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