If you just flag your lens to kill flare, it's a non-issue 95% of the time. Keep all light off the front element of filter that isn't involved in creating the image and you'll notice consistently better contrast.
If you just flag your lens to kill flare, it's a non-issue 95% of the time. Keep all light off the front element of filter that isn't involved in creating the image and you'll notice consistently better contrast.
And this advise holds true for even the most up-to-date modern multicoated lenses.Originally Posted by Christopher D. Keth
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
... and probably the next-gen lenses too.
I bet it will still be true in the year 2525....
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
Sure will. Optical physics hasn't changed much over the years.
Nor is it likely to change.Sure will. Optical physics hasn't changed much over the years.
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
Did they not use yellow filters for B&W back then ??
Lauren MacIntosh
Whats in back of you is the past and whats in front of you is the future now in the middle you have choices to make for yourself:
The yellow filters are to give a more realistic sky/clouds rendering. They've been using them since the late 1800s. And no they weren't coated, nothing was.
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
Did they not use lens hoods back then?
Just as today, some did, many didn't.
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
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