I'll add my 2c here.
The only flare in my 16-45 i have experienced was with shooting an IR shott
into the
sun,,through a few trees.
Other than that 1 time the lense has done great at shots aiming towars the sun.
Dave
> I understand your concern. But I've never
experienced the kind of
> prismatic flare you showed on those examples with any Pentax lens,
> prime or zoom. I can't offer any explanation.
> Paul
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> > Shooting directly into the sun with every SMC lens I've ever used has
> > never
> > been an issue, nor have i experienced such flare as in "awfulflare.jpg"
> > with primes in similar situations. Maybe the 16-45 needs a better
> > hood or
> > I've just encountered its nemesis. In any case, it's just an example
> > of a
> > situation in which the flare was unexpected and totally unacceptable.
> > It's
> > unimportant to me if it's a tendency for all zooms to do that - it's
> > not a
> > "feature" I care for ;-))
> >
> > Shel
> >
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >> Here's a DA 16-45 shot that was taken directly into the full summer
> >> sun.
> > I believe I've shown it here before. It appears to be totally free of
> > any
> > obvious flare. I'm not wild about the picture, due to the exaggeration
> > of
> > the woman's shape and the rim light on her hair, but it serves to
> > illustrate the flare resistance of the lens:
> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4570412&size=lg
> >> Paul
> >
> >
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