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Victor Nguyen
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 Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject: lenses for flares |
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Victor Nguyen wrote:
sorry for asking so many question about lenses  but I just discover manual lenses and it's so fun. Anyway, I have been talking to a guy on email and he said he use the helios 44-2 58mm f2 to play with lens flares. Is that correct? and what lens do you know of that flares very easily? thank you for putting up with me... |
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Mos6502
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Mos6502 wrote:
Depends on what you mean by flare. Most single coated lenses that do not have recessed front element will flare pretty easily when pointed towards the sun, or a bright object.
If you mean internal reflections like so:
Then generally early zoom lenses have a tendency to do this, although it is possible on any lens with multiple elements. The more elements there are the more ghost images you will get. |
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Aanything
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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Aanything wrote:
Usually lens (wides) with a large convex front element, like my Mir 20, tend to flare a lot.
Again, very old lenses that are single coated or uncoated, are usually more prone to flare.
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Victor Nguyen
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Victor Nguyen wrote:
yes, I actually want more of an internal reflection, and also some of flaring. I'm trying something that have the flaring and look of maybe an anamorphic lens (of course you can't mimic the aspect ratio and exact type of flaring unique to anamorphic). |
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Lightshow
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Lightshow wrote:
I love the way my old Super-Tak 28/3.5 flares. (the 58mm filter version)
http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/S-M-C-Super-Takumar-28mm-F3.5.html
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ForenSeil
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:50 am Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
Yes Helios 44-2 can flare a lot!
(that's an very extreme example, you can control it easily)
I made also some interesting potraits with that, but they are somewhere in the eternity of my external harddrive.
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Adding a clear filter will also produce its own flare.
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Sirrith
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Sirrith wrote:
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| Adding a clear filter will also produce its own flare. |
But make sure its a cheap one, the more expensive ones will have less flare of course!
The jupiter 9 is meant to flare pretty easily. |
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Victor Nguyen
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Victor Nguyen wrote:
ca I get more picture of the flaring please
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agent_cooper
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agent_cooper wrote:
look for wideangles
look for old lenses
look for zooms
do you prefer any specific color for iris ghosts?
If the flares are blue you will hardly see them against blue skies
green ones will vanish when you include much vegetation in your frame.
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Tesselator
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Tesselator wrote:
I like the wide takumars for creative flares best:
SMC_Takumar_28mm_F3.5
Takumar_35mm_F3.5
Takumar_35mm_F3.5
Takumar_35mm_F3.5
For cool flares like these, you want kinda wide angles (40mm and less hopefully) and older more primitive coating technologies (so pre 1970's models).
Lens "reflections" like Mos6502 showed in his second shot can usually be obtained from any lens from the 1990's and prior and it's easier to line them up creatively from wide lenses stopped down a bit. |
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Tesselator
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Tesselator wrote:
Older ROKKOR_55mm_1.8
Older ROKKOR_55mm_1.8
Older ROKKOR_55mm_1.8
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Tesselator
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Tesselator wrote:
Tamron_28-200_f3.8_Aspherical @ 200 |
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Lightshow
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Lightshow wrote:
Some flare from my FD SSC 35/2.8 tilt/shift.
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