A detail I forgot to mention is that there seems to be 'dark flare'
(for want of a better description) surrounding the branches, in
opposition to the bright flare that eats into the branches. I don't
think that there really is such a thing as 'dark flare' and it's
either a ghost image from internal reflection, or an image processing
anomoly.
regards, Anthony
"Of what use is lens and light
to those who lack in mind and sight"
(Anon)
2009/7/4 Anthony Farr <[email protected]>:
> Looks like plain and simple flare to me. You've shown us the wide
> open crop, but I wonder how the one and two stop down versions look.
> How well baffled are the inner walls of this lens, and how clean is
> the glass, any filminess? The sharpness looks reasonable for a 100%
> selection but it's eaten away by flare giving the overall impression
> of softness, and it'll prevent the lens from resolving low contrast
> details. AFAIK, Adaptall lenses are all full frame, so you could
> explore deepening the lenshood or putting a format shaped mask in the
> hood opening (but not if it rotates). Shooting backlit fine details
> like this will always bring out the worst in a lens.
>
> regards, Anthony
>
> "Of what use is lens and light
> to those who lack in mind and sight"
> (Anon)
>
>
>
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