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Is my 24-105 F4 lens defective?

Started Feb 23, 2022 | Questions thread
OP BOONER Regular Member • Posts: 112
Re: Is my 24-105 F4 lens defective?

I cleaned both the front and back element and and shot photos with the sun both in the frame and outside the frame at different focal lengths. I was able to get flare, but not the phenomenon I showed in the photo in the first post. I have had this lens for about a year now and have only had it happen on 3 or 4 days on a handful of photos under specific conditions.

I did rescue a couple photos with a method similar to what you described. Fortunately no 5 star photos have had the effect.

I guess I'll just have to look out for that when shooting in the future and see if I can identify a pattern, or maybe it is just flare under a specific condition that I just haven't had the right conditions to have it show up on the left side of the frame.

Thanks everyone for your help.

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