I don't get it. Where is the light source that is causing this flare? In tnis iimage it would seem to be way out of the way.
Even my dirt cheap p&S cameras are better. And my Reto UW &Slim does not do this! What it does is give awesome ring flare if the sun is in the image.
It's frustrating how solid this lens is outside of the miserable coating. Curious to see if my "repair" copy has the same flare.
Same direction here, but yeah, it's the same GENERAL direction as the sun.
Also, 250D is lovely here, but still and though slight, you can see veiling flare in the upper right green bush area.
Otherwise I guess my kid's huge surfer dude bangs are a natural light baffle.
ottokbre wrote:
Same direction here, but yeah, it's the same GENERAL direction as the sun.
I just got done reviewing the little Viltrox 28/4.5 and it acted the same exact way, if the sun was anywhere in the 180 degrees in front of you, it will flare. Totally ruins any all day carrying and possible usefulness.
I can't imagine having a fixed lens camera that acts like this.
Some cute ebay listings for the MC-A. Japan sellers of course are asking about $1000 for them.
One US seller is claiming it is a limited edition and so is asking $700 for his…
My replacement camera is on the way and in the email with the tracking link they also wrote this:
„Please note that on top of the factory QC we have given every camera a quick check before boxing it up (button functions, Flash firing, frame numbers appearing upon closing the backdoor,...).Thus it comes with the battery already setup in the camera instead of the little grey box“
It’s a bit odd that the email is in English as my conversation with their service team was in German. Also they’re not mentioning the issue why I sent it back - frame spacing. So this seems to be some standard email that they’re sending with all MC-A replacements?
fjablo wrote:
My replacement camera is on the way and in the email with the tracking link they also wrote this:
„Please note that on top of the factory QC we have given every camera a quick check before boxing it up (button functions, Flash firing, frame numbers appearing upon closing the backdoor,...).Thus it comes with the battery already setup in the camera instead of the little grey box“
It’s a bit odd that the email is in English as my conversation with their service team was in German. Also they’re not mentioning the issue why I sent it back - frame spacing. So this seems to be some standard email that they’re sending with all MC-A replacements?...Show more →
Hopefully your camera is now good. If it still has frame spacing issues I’m out.
They turned my return around quickly. FedEx ground for there on a Friday and they sent a replacement the following Monday, arriving minutes before I took off on a desert trip.
It arrived with plastic still over the LCD and VF so safe to assume it’s a replacement and not a repair (I could check the serial lol).
Today I noticed something odd though. 2pm desert sky palm tree photo and so I closed it down to f16 and meter read 1/90th on Kentermere Pan 400.
Confirmed ISO, confirmed exposure comp was zeroed.
Got out my iPhone app. ISO 400 it read f16 at 1/320. Which even by my eye sounds correct.
Then I dawned on me that my Nikon Z5 was in my bag so I put it on AP at f16….. 1/320th.
Tried a meter reading in the shade at f4….. same offset. The MCA wanted about 2 1/3rd overexposure.
I feel sorry for them, it's as if they said, "this time we're going to pull out all the stops and design and manufacture a reliable, well-made camera instead of the junk we've produced in the past," but they still failed. Or at least they failed to improve their reputation.
I really hope there is a v2; I doubt it will have better coatings since Lomo is all about low-fi images and a lot of their customers will be thrilled with veiling flare and hazy photos, but it sounds like there's a variety of quality control issues at play.
ottokbre wrote:
They turned my return around quickly. FedEx ground for there on a Friday and they sent a replacement the following Monday, arriving minutes before I took off on a desert trip.
It arrived with plastic still over the LCD and VF so safe to assume it’s a replacement and not a repair (I could check the serial lol).
Today I noticed something odd though. 2pm desert sky palm tree photo and so I closed it down to f16 and meter read 1/90th on Kentermere Pan 400.
Confirmed ISO, confirmed exposure comp was zeroed.
Got out my iPhone app. ISO 400 it read f16 at 1/320. Which even by my eye sounds correct.
Then I dawned on me that my Nikon Z5 was in my bag so I put it on AP at f16….. 1/320th.
Tried a meter reading in the shade at f4….. same offset. The MCA wanted about 2 1/3rd overexposure.
I feel sorry for them, it's as if they said, "this time we're going to pull out all the stops and design and manufacture a reliable, well-made camera instead of the junk we've produced in the past," but they still failed. Or at least they failed to improve their reputation.
I really hope there is a v2; I doubt it will have better coatings since Lomo is all about low-fi images and a lot of their customers will be thrilled with veiling flare and hazy photos, but it sounds like there's a variety of quality control issues at play.
I'm guessing a Chinese manufacturer is involved. One thing about the Chinese is that they can go from ordinary to extremely good quality control fast.
Geoff D F wrote:
I'm guessing a Chinese manufacturer is involved. One thing about the Chinese is that they can go from ordinary to extremely good quality control fast.
Yes, but it seems like parts may need to be redesigned and remanufactured to stop these issues from happening, and that'll take time and money. I'd love to see this camera succeed as it ticks a lot of boxes.
bjhurley wrote:
Yes, but it seems like parts may need to be redesigned and remanufactured to stop these issues from happening, and that'll take time and money. I'd love to see this camera succeed as it ticks a lot of boxes.
I think we all want to see it succeed. I'm just guessing here but if this thing went from design to production in two years, it is probably only six months max to redesign the few parts that are causing problems. As I said, Chinese manufacturing can improve pretty rapidly. Here is hoping it does.
