Monday, February 28, 2005


Garden Gate, Bessa R, CV 35mm f2.5, Kodak UC100 Posted by Hello

This shot had the flare spot too, but I cleaned it up a bit with Photoshop.

-- Warren

4 Comments:

Blogger Warren T. said...

Wouldn't you know it, every time I go out to test some equipment, I get typical San Francisco weather, overcast and cold.

I tried to show the symmetry of the garden's design. You can see it when standing just in front of the gate. So Benson, do you like it? :)

Does anyone else beside Jill and me still shoot film? I was looking for a replacement for Royal Gold 200 which is discontinued, so I decided to try a few rolls of Kodak Ultracolor 100 professional. I have not shot ISO 100 negative film for a long time, and I must say that this UC100 is very impressive. It has some very good attributes: very fine and sharp grain, great shadow detail, excellent color saturation, and ease of scanning (not much correction needed). I also ordered some Fuji Realea for comparison.

-- Warren

Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at 7:45:00 AM PST  
Blogger martin said...

Is the flare towards the top of the photo? You should not be getting flare on an overcast day. Maybe you have a filter on the lens? Try doing a test without a filter. I borrowed a friend's 40mm Distagon for the Hasselblad and found it had a flare problem. I couldn't deal with it.

Friday, March 4, 2005 at 10:02:00 AM PST  
Blogger Warren T. said...

The flare was in the same spot in every picture where it appeared. After I finished the roll, I noticed a smudge on the front lens element. Maybe that was what caused it? I was shooting bare lens because I didn't have time to buy a filter for it yet.

I hope the smudge was the problem. If not, that's a pretty serious flare problem.

-- WT

Friday, March 4, 2005 at 10:13:00 AM PST  
Blogger Warren T. said...

And to answer the qustion, yes, it was in the upper right side of the photo (see previous picture post).

-- WT

Friday, March 4, 2005 at 10:13:00 AM PST  

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