Hi,
I have been having a flare problem with one specific lens and am struggling to figure out where it is coming from. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
It ranges from really severe as in the posted black and white to barely there as in the posted provia image. Maybe 25% of the time its almost invisible or not there at all. The film is developed by a lab so its definately an issue while taking the picture as they get a box of film from a variety of lenses and the artifact only appears on the wide angle shots.
It happens with all my film holders with my schneider 75mm lens and no other lenses. It seems to happen with or without a square filter holder attached and seems to happen regardless of shading the lens with a darkslide while taking the shot.
I have tried a light inside and outside the bellows in a dark room to look for leaks and dont see any, and I have tried covering anything on the camera that is even sort of reflective with no luck.
It is on a recessed board on an intrepid camera that has a minimal focal length of 75mm. Is it possible the issue comes from lack of correct belows extension for the lens somehow? The lens is in beautiful condition cosmetically and if it was a glass issue I wouldn't have thought I'd get clean, focused images occasionally.
Thanks for reading and for any suggestions. Please forgive the cel phone quality image of the film. I didnt want to spend a ton of time getting a nice scan of what is basically garbage.
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