Be sure you're using a good, deep lens hood. I used a number of the 50mm lenses when I was shooting with Pentax cameras: M50/1.4, A50/1.4, A50/1.7, F50/1.7, FA50/1.4 and A50/2.8 Macro. There's no substantive difference in the tendency to flare for any of the 50/1.4s, and not much different to the 50/1.7s. A deep lens hood is required for the DSLR bodies, much deeper than the original equipment hood (you need a hood for about an 85mm lens). The A50/2.8 has less tendency to flare as its front element is so deeply inset.
That said, there are always situations which will cause some flare. Avoiding them is the only solution. What I'd do for the shooting situations in the galleries you showed (nice work, btw) is to have with me some heavy, white backdrop paper and cover those windows, preferably from the outside if possible. That will reduce the light coming through them enormously relative to your primary subject and be a much more successful exposure situation. It's either that or arrange with the subjects that you can reposition yourself and them such that these windows are not in the frame. That may not be possible given the room. On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > Our dojo is doing belt tests this week. I was taking pictures this morning > and my p-fa 50/1.4 had lots of nasty flare from the light coming in through > the windows. While the remaining tests will be in the evening, for future > reference would the M 50/1.7 or the supertakumar 50/1.4 be noticeably better > at reducing flare? > > Since I needed to keep changing lenses to get the right focal length, I was > really wishing I had a 16-50. I expect that for the evening tests, I'll > wish I had a 16-50 and a K-x. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
