Coating isn't that magic, it helps a lot, mainly for internal reflections on the element's surfaces, but it can't 'hit a way' the sun's rays hitting the lens's surface, which is indeed unfortunate...
How important is it then if you use coated lens especially multi coated lenses? And/or multi coated filters?
Just to show what I was trying to say about that LEE thing...
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I didn't know they did that, wow
Philippe-Georges,
Interesting library!!
I clearly need to find an other place in the house where the light is as good for snapping a few fast photo's with the smartphone!
Or perhaps hang a sheet in front of the books...
Not at all! I like the books.
Will this do?Me too. Instead of a sheet to hide the books I’d prefer that the camera be moved out of the frame so we can see the books better!
I was shocked to see a video of Michael Kenna shooting with a Hasselblad with no hood what-so-ever.
If the sun is not in the image you want, holding the dark slide (or hat, or whatever) in a position where the shadow it casts just barely covers the front lens element and no more will ensure that you don't get an edge of the slide in the image area.
The best solution is a compendium that you can rack in and out to just past the point where it vignettes, but there's not a really good compendium that I've found for working in the field. They're big and bulky.
The best compromise I've found is an old Voss filter holder with barn doors. Search eBay for Voss filter holder and you'll turn up a few. They only have two doors, but they fit lenses with filter sizes up to 67mm, are lightweight and can hold a gel or resin filter too.
The same caveat applies about positioning the doors so that you don't vignette
Best,
Doremus
Thank you. I saw Chris Darnell, https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisDarnell , mention that a held-dark-slide crept into one of his images.
I've had fewer problems with a held dark slide than any other kind of shade. It's fast and easy - no need to buy anything else unless you really have a need for something "special" that will slow down the process and may introduce its own problems. (Gear-junkies vs. photographers.)
How do you avoid inadvertent vignetting?
The Voss can also be used with 67mm screw-in filters. Get a 72mm to 67 mm step-down ring. The 72 mm thread will fit securely on the Voss gelatin filter holder insert and allow you to use modern filters along with the lens shading function. Cheap and works surprisingly well.
I just use a rubber hood from Heliopan or Hama, you use it for tele to wide by folding it out and in. Worth trying for your own work given the price
If the sun is not in the image you want, holding the dark slide (or hat, or whatever) in a position where the shadow it casts just barely covers the front lens element and no more will ensure that you don't get an edge of the slide in the image area.
The best solution is a compendium that you can rack in and out to just past the point where it vignettes, but there's not a really good compendium that I've found for working in the field. They're big and bulky.
The best compromise I've found is an old Voss filter holder with barn doors. Search eBay for Voss filter holder and you'll turn up a few. They only have two doors, but they fit lenses with filter sizes up to 67mm, are lightweight and can hold a gel or resin filter too.
The same caveat applies about positioning the doors so that you don't vignette
Best,
Doremus
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