Daft question (sorry)

[shropshire 0]

I know it's not a good picture... It was taken outside (not through a car window) do you think that the ghost reflections come from the camera lens due to the strong flash on the road signs?
How could I have stopped this happening?

(.)Y(.)
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[PhreeZone 20]

Do you have a UV lens or something on the glass?

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[shropshire 0]

Agh... good point, Yes, I do. I never thought of that


Thanks.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[DSE 5]

Shooting through car window, UV on lens, both/either could have caused this, depending on the angle of light.

[shropshire 0]

Thanks ... I could see that a car window could cause a problem but never for a moment thought that a filter could... Now I know.. great lesson to learn.

Cheers all.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[DSE 5]

Well...just be sure to never jump with a window between you and your subject, and you'll prolly be OK.

[Stumpy 284]

Tony,

All filters are not equal. If you are putting a UV filter on the front of your lens for protection thats cool, but make sure its a really good one. So many people spend hundreds of pounds on top quality lenses then stick a piece of s*** mass produced 1a or 1b on the front which degrades their image quality.

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[pilotdave 0]

I found that out... I had a canon UV filter ($13 from B&H), and found that I got ugly yellow lens flares when the sun was at the wrong angle, like this.

Recently switched to this one. Only done a few jumps with it so far, but it looks good. Only saw lens flares when the sun was actually in a picture.

This one weighs about 3 times as much as the canon (still only a few grams, not enough to matter). Just a big difference in quality. I picked that one based on reading a lot on photography forums. B+W is supposed to be a top brand for filters, from what I read.

Dave

[Stumpy 284]

I've actually stopped using them on my expensive lenses. my 15 mm won't take one anyway and the 200 is too good a lens. Its actually pretty hard to scratch a front element, especially if you use a hood, and if you do the front elements are generally designed to be relatively easy and cheap to replace. (but note the word relatively in that sentence )

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[pilotdave 0]

Yeah, as I researched my lens flare problem, I read a lot of photographers' opinions on the UV filter decision. Many said they're just not necessary for lens protection because the lenses are so tough... but most photographers aren't exposing their lenses to 120 mph wind and most don't bump their cameras into steel bars all the time.
I didn't use one at first, but I noticed that I really had to wipe my lens down after every jump and I just figured I'd rather be wiping a cheap filter than a less cheap lens. If the better filter doesn't get rid of the lens flares, I'll probably just go without one. But looking good so far.

Dave

[boyfalldown 0]

The reflection is upside down and backward, wouldn't that indicate that the reflection is happening behind the lens (reflections between the back of the lens and the imaging sensor)?