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RE: Nikon 2.8/10,5 Sigma 3.5/8 or Tokina 10-17 ?
Sacha Griffin 2009-May-10 23:28:00
Flare is compensated for, simply by panning 20 degrees.
This results in the flare occupying a different area.
Sacha Griffin
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Subject: Re: Nikon 2.8/10,5 Sigma 3.5/8 or Tokina 10-17 ?
On 10/5/09 03:39 PM, "Alex Makienko" <#removed#
<mailto:alex.m%40dimensions360.com> > wrote:
> Francois,
>
> I use Nikkor 2.8/10.5 for 5 years. My personal opinion - good lens for
> interior panos but not the best for landscape ones. While shooting panos
with
> low sun you have to do a second shot with "masked" sun otherwise you may
get a
> huge yellow-blue flare almost in the center of the frame which is almost
> impossible to remove. Shooting with a rear filter may increase flares
> dramatically even in an interior - rear lens surface is almost flat so any
> reflection "jumps" many times between lens and rear filter until it comes
out
> of sight, so you'll have a lot of fun editing flares in FS. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Alex Makienko
>
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