Ornello
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brent8927 said:There's no need for critical comparison because no one is going up to photographs with microscopes. I do use a lens hood, but the flare you get from the sun is quite different than the supposed flare you get from the filed negative carrier (as I said before, I get no flare).
I do keep my lenses clean, in fact I'm quite OCD about it it, even though it makes no or incredibly little difference because any dust on the lens is not in the plane of focus. I just like my equipment clean, I trust that's a good enough reason?
I get the feeling you just want to argue. I keep saying that I like to do things the way I do them, because I both enjoy it and prefer the looks of my images that way, so why must you keep arguing with me (and everyone else for that matter)?
Flare has the opposite effect in enlarging. Flare reduces contrast in the highlight areas. In taking, flare reduces contrast in the shadow areas.
If you're compulsive about keeping your lenses clean because you want to minimize flare, I suggest you be consistent and keep your negative masked right up to the edge. That's really all there is to this.