Fuji S9500 problem ?

[h holland]

hi there,

I made the following pictures with an Fuji S9500 and there is a strange spot in it. It's a night photo with strong backlight.
I included two pictures. The second shows the flary spot.





Is there anyone who has an explanation for this spot ?

Besides this I can say that I'm quite happy with this camera.

Greetings

Henk (from Holland)

 

[Mark Hagerman]

Look's to me like Deviant Electrons.

 

[Snapovic]

Looks to me like the Truth is out there!

S

 

[Dresdenboy]

hi there,

I made the following pictures with an Fuji S9500 and there is a
strange spot in it. It's a night photo with strong backlight.
I included two pictures. The second shows the flary spot.

"flary" is a good hint, since it looks like a lens flare caused by the complex lights on the left side. It also has the typical appearance of several optical reflections/refractions of light like a blue edge on one side and a greenish/yellowish edge on the opposite site (S9500 lenses are not prims, but still reflect and refract light beams).

 

[Dresdenboy]

Looks to me like the Truth is out there!

S

Pssst or I'll tell you, how UFOs appear on photos shot through a closed window

 

[Snapovic]

Ohhh, you gone and spoilt my fun now.

What about this shot then with a closer up view below? Sydney Harbour Bridge. Object above the bridge not seen till downloaded image. Tripod mounted, ISO 64, F1.8, 3.2 secs exp, taken on my trusty old Olympus C5050. Note the shape and texture of the object, so it ain't no flare from lights. Note also how the clarity of the object alters as it goes behind cloud. This is no BS image. I still don't know what the object is.

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=64288652&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=64288653&size=o

Snaps

 

[Dresdenboy]

Ohhh, you gone and spoilt my fun now.

What about this shot then with a closer up view below? Sydney
Harbour Bridge. Object above the bridge not seen till downloaded
image. Tripod mounted, ISO 64, F1.8, 3.2 secs exp, taken on my
trusty old Olympus C5050. Note the shape and texture of the
object, so it ain't no flare from lights. Note also how the
clarity of the object alters as it goes behind cloud. This is no
BS image. I still don't know what the object is.

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=64288652&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=64288653&size=o

Snaps

Why do the lens fl.. eh.. appearings of some unknown object have these gaps between them? If something moves, it should at least have a steady trail or so.

BTW, if you want to impress someone, show them a bright Iridium Flare!
You can look up on the net, when you can see them (www.heavens-above.com).

 

[steves7k]

iso 64 ?
can you confirm 64 or 80?

 

[Snapovic]

Why do the lens fl.. eh.. appearings of some unknown object have
these gaps between them? If something moves, it should at least
have a steady trail or so.

Sorry Dres, I don't understand your point. What does "fl.. eh.." mean? This is a genuine photo that I took with an Olympus C5050. This is not a prank. As yet, no one can explain it. Tripod mounted, no camera movement. Yes if it was a moving object, it should have a steady trail, so I assume it's some other optical causation. But what? How? Why does its shape change and why is it ringed?

Any ideas of where I could send it to to get a bigger (numerically) response?

Cheers

Snaps

 

[Dresdenboy]

Why do the lens fl.. eh.. appearings of some unknown object have
these gaps between them? If something moves, it should at least
have a steady trail or so.

Sorry Dres, I don't understand your point. What does "fl.. eh.."
mean? This is a genuine photo that I took with an Olympus C5050.
This is not a prank. As yet, no one can explain it. Tripod
mounted, no camera movement. Yes if it was a moving object, it
should have a steady trail, so I assume it's some other optical
causation. But what? How? Why does its shape change and why is
it ringed?

I just didn't want to spoil your fun Don't you know "lens flares" ? In an optical system like that of a camera you have sometimes 10 or more single lenses. All of them reflect some light, have differently curved surfaces etc. If you point the camera to some really bright lights while the rest of the image is relatively dark (this usually forces the camera to use slower shutter speeds, lower aperture and/or higher ISO), then these reflections (which are often not noticable) are relatively easy to spot.

The different shapes could simply be caused by the different angles at which the light beams coming from the different lights hit the lenses and are reflected back and then back again by them. You could try to photograph similar scenes.

Any ideas of where I could send it to to get a bigger (numerically)
response?

Unfortunately not.

But don't miss the Iridium Flares:
http://satobs.org/iridium.html

Cheers

Snaps

Regards,
DB

 

[Snapovic]

64 ISO, taken on an Olympus C5050, NOT S9500

 

[h holland]

To be sure about this, I will ask the people from Fuji support to take a look at this. These spots occurred on several photos of the same occasion.

Probably it is reflection of several lens elements. But in that case I think it shouldn't be there.
Canon had comparable problems with there 24-105IS as you can see here

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/canon-flare.shtml

 

[h holland]

The people from Fuji Holland have seen these pictures and they didn't consider this as a camera problem. They proposed to make the same shot with other digital cameras and compare these photographs. If I would I could send the camera in for a check or repair. I made the pictures again and to my surprise there were no flary spots. Not with the Fuji and not with a nikon coolpix 5400. So I must say that it looks unnecessary to worry about this so called 'problem'. Probably I made a mistake with the first pictures. Maybe there was a small waterdrop on the frontlens. I'll never know. So my apologize for spoiling your photofun with this really nice camera.

 

[Dresdenboy]

Hmm.. waterdrop even sounds like another good explaination I didn't think of (because I try to be very careful with the lens ). Waterdrops could refract light like it happened there.