Golden hour, St Albans, May 2020
I usually avoid flare, and without too much difficulty, but it’s a feature that comes with this vintage lens. I decided to embrace rather than battle.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 8 May 2020
Vintage flare
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Natural flare like this is always good.
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hmm, could this explain many photos of “UFO’s”?
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I love flaring!
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Aha! Yes, it certainly could 🙂
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Takes me back!
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Kind of for me, but I wasn’t into photography in those days 🙂
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😄😄
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i like the look of flare
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You’ve got me wondering how much flare I can get out of some of the cheap CCTV lenses I have.
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Perhaps we should have a flare competition, David 🙂
This Helios 44-2 is particularly known for its flare (and its swirling bokeh) but I’d be interested to see what your CCTV lenses do. A topic for One Word Sunday I think
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I actually had that Helios on a Zenit E in the mid 1970s. The camera got passed on and ended up with a school friend who still has it along with wide angle and telephoto lenses. Unfortunately it’s in England and I’m Canada. I had been looking for one or something similar in charity shops and yard sales until Covid-19 put a stop to that sort of thing.
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I used etsy.com for mine. It is still working quite well, unless you want to buy from countries like Moldova where the post service has been closed down.
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I considered that but given I already have in the teens of manual focus primes I was hoping to find one for a few dollars.
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Takes me back………..
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