Look at the shadows: he wasn't. Beside that, when really shooting straight into the sun (when it's in the frame), a lens hood doesn't help.Buy a lens hood, he was shooting steight into the sun.
he caught the sun at the edge of the frame.The Nikkor AIS 50mm f/1.4 is an excellent lens and dirt-cheap these days.Recently my son finished a roll of Kodak Portra 400 unintentionally shot at EI 800 with his Nikon FA and the Nikkor AI-S 50mm 1.4. In many frames there is a large blob of light like this. What can this be? Is it flare? There are no light leaks in the camera back as there are no traces of it outside the frame. Is the 50mm 1.4 that bad? Could it be that he was shooting with the lens wide open?
He just started with film photography and he still hasn't the feel of using a film camera.
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I think you might be right I suggest you get the correct Nikon lens hood for the lens, or paint the metal hood mount with matte black paint.I have checked the curtains for pinholes and the viewfinder for leaks to the focal plane and this seems not to be the case. The hood might be the cause. Look at the metal ring how wide and reflective it seems (under room lamp):
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+1 There are "reflections" in both examples if you look close enough. I suspect a combination of shooting with the eye away from the viewfinder and that reflective lens hood ring.Just to complicate things further, there is a shadow on the midriff of the subject in the first photo that looks very much like a human face. Could this be the result of the shooter holding the camera away from his eye when firing the shutter? Lots of digital users do that, of course, and it might be instinctive in someone who's new to film cameras.
EDIT: wait; what model Nikon and what type viewfinder? That reflection certainly looks like someone composing through a waist level viewfinder.
good advise; can't hurt.I think you might be right I suggest you get the correct Nikon lens hood for the lens, or paint the metal hood mount with matte black paint.
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