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08/27/2005 02:23:05 AM · #1 |
| Am I the only one using this camera with lens flare problem? When I take a picture of a sunset, I have a lens flare really often. It also happen with long exposure of a night shot. I'm using the 18-55mm lens from Canon |
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08/27/2005 02:27:08 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by Nico3d3:
Am I the only one using this camera with lens flare problem? When I take a picture of a sunset, I have a lens flare really often. It also happen with long exposure of a night shot. I'm using the 18-55mm lens from Canon |
It's the lens or the angle your shooting not the camera.
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08/27/2005 03:27:29 AM · #3 |
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08/27/2005 04:17:52 AM · #4 |
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08/27/2005 01:34:42 PM · #5 |
Is it possible that there's a default in my lense? A friend of mine use a 300D (the lense is almost identical) and he never had this kind of problem. While, it might be a good idea to get a better lens, I don't have the money to buy it presently. But, I'll probably get something like a 75-300mm someday.
Message edited by author 2005-08-27 13:37:10. |
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08/27/2005 01:38:35 PM · #6 |
Lens flare is very common when shooting in bright lights, especially if you're shooting toward the light as you necessarily are in a sunset shot. Use a hood, as has been suggested, and don't be afraid to do a little cleaning in post-processing.
Here's an extreme example. I left the flare because I liked the added splash of color:
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08/27/2005 02:03:21 PM · #7 |
Are you using a UV (or other) filter on the lens? If so try the same shot with and without the filter. You may be amazed. And as previously posted, DO use the hood.
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08/27/2005 02:07:19 PM · #8 |
| You can also just shade the lens with your hand to block out the flare. Simple and free. |
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08/27/2005 02:10:31 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
You can also just shade the lens with your hand to block out the flare. Simple and free. |
QFT!
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08/27/2005 05:23:57 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Nico3d3:
Is it possible that there's a default in my lense?While, it might be a good idea to get a better lens, I don't have the money to buy it presently. But, I'll probably get something like a 75-300mm someday. |
You don't like the quality of the lens you have but you want a 75-300? Good luck.
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08/28/2005 04:25:02 AM · #11 |
| So maybe I won't find something better if I want a 75-300mm but what if I use a 50mm with no zoom? I heard a lot of good comment about the use of a lens with no zoom... You don't have the liberty to zoom in and zomm out but I heard that the quality of this type of lens is generally better. |
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08/28/2005 05:19:33 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Nico3d3:
So maybe I won't find something better if I want a 75-300mm but what if I use a 50mm with no zoom? I heard a lot of good comment about the use of a lens with no zoom... You don't have the liberty to zoom in and zomm out but I heard that the quality of this type of lens is generally better. |
Primes for the most part are sharper then zooms. This is not always the case and there are a lot of extremely sharp zooms out there. It doesn't always depend on price either. There are more then a few very expensive lenses out there that are designed very poorly. You just have to look around and do your homework.
If you want to read some good user reviews on various lenses you can jump over to Fred Miranda's site to check them out.
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