Ghosting with bright lights

[evanrm]

Hi all,

Was doing some test shots for a (hopefully) upcoming short, and I noticed some ghosting with the street lights. It only occurred on the two closest, whilst the others further down the street were okay. I noticed to on car headlights as well. I recall reading an article about the AF102 that claims it doesn't have a low-pass filter. Anyway, has anyone else encountered this, and short of not filming anywhere near bright lights at night, is there any way to mitigate this phenomenon?

Street lights - Canon FD 50mm F1.8


House light


House light with a uv filter


My 24mm F2.8 had less of a ghosting. Any ideas?

 

[Jan_Crittenden]

This is called a lens flare. Your 102 does have a Low pass filter. Your lenses are the cause of this.

Best,


Jan

 

[evanrm]

This is called a lens flare. Your 102 does have a Low pass filter. Your lenses are the cause of this.

Best,

Jan

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the ultra speedy reply! I did consider that due to the shape of the ghost/flare (ie: it kind of looked like the lens shape itself, if that makes sense).

Does anyone have any idea for how to minimise that? Better lenses? Filters? etc

 

[Rolf Silber]

Does anyone have any idea for how to minimise that? Better lenses? Filters? etc

Have the same problems at times with my Voigtlaender Nokton 50 mm when wide open - usually stopping down one or two steps helps.