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How to avoid lens flare when shooting into the sun
I would give up a kidney to find out how lens flare can be reduced or eliminated when shooting into the sun. Can anybody make any suggestions?
Before you answer, don't tell me to use a lens hood, because I tried with no noticeable difference. 
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Re: How to avoid lens flare when shooting into the sun
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Before you answer, don't tell me to use a lens hood, because I tried with no noticeable difference.
Nope, into the sun the hood is useless.
just move the camera, sometime only half a degree can make all the difference. Be careful tho' in bright light you can damage your eyes looking into the sun through a camera. Does your provide live view?
see click not the greatest shot ever taken but straight into the sun and no flare.
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Re: How to avoid lens flare when shooting into the sun
I'm just wondering if other factors can reduce lens flare, i.e. fstop, ND filter, polarizer.
Worth experimenting with I guess.
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Re: How to avoid lens flare when shooting into the sun
In my experience the lens itself makes the biggest difference but after that as already said a tiny angle adjustment can make all the difference.
I ALWAYS stop down to f22 and keep the lens stopped down while looking through it when the sun's in the frame
A telephoto especially can burn a hole in the back of your eye in about one second but even wide angles need to be used carefully!
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Re: How to avoid lens flare when shooting into the sun
Errr... Can I just reiterate about the sun eye thing? I was silly enough to use binoculars and eclipse glasses once...the wrong way round.
I now have a tiny black dot everywhere I look courtesy of mr sun! (Oh and I ruined my friends glasses with a hole burnt right through them!)
Doh!
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Re: How to avoid lens flare when shooting into the sun
This as been discussed many times, I feel I must reply as I don't want anyone to damage there eyes doing some thing thats going to do that.
First rule
Never look DIRECTLY at the Sun through the lens and viewfinder
Second rule
Never look at the Sun using IE ; binoculars, telescopes.
If you look at my images using this technique you will see there usually taken early morning or late afternoon, I tend to use wide lens and never look at the Sun any time when composing or taking the shot.
Its safe to do this but you must act sensibly taking these kind of photos, most of you will and know what I am saying as its blindingly obvious [pardon the pun], so this post is aimed for those that don't or have never attempted it.
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