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Taking photos of the sun Anonymous
Every time I've ever taken a photo with the sun itself in the frame this has happened.

Does anyone know why it happens, and if there's a way to stop it?
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>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
Its flare, buy a polorizor.
>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
Shorter exposure would help, too. But then the shot would be even darker.
>> Anonymous
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its because you use a shitty zoom lens
and you dont know because you're a newfag
lurk more
>> Anonymous
is that actually from the lens or is it from the sensor?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
I think there's a good chance he's talking about the sensor smearing rather than the flare issues...
>> Anonymous
>>111194
needs more rens frare
>> Anonymous
It's Nikon, buy a real camera.
>> OPFOR !8vKpfCqy8A
>>111214
Hasselblad?
>> Anonymous
>>111215
Childs play.

Real photographers only use hand-me-downs from NASA.
>> Anonymous
>>111216
I herd the refurbished camera from the Shuttle Colombia is on sale...
>> Anonymous
>I think there's a good chance he's talking about the sensor smearing rather than the flare issues...

Thank you, someone in this thread with some comprehension skills.

Do you other people seriously think ANYONE doesn't know what lens flare is? And you called me a newfag...

Yes, I'm talking about the weird tear in the image.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>111234
In b4 Butterfly claims her lack of understanding was just her trolling and that you totally fell for it.
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
That looks like it the sensor is being completely blown out from being overloaded by the bright sun. I remember when I decided to try it out with an old camera (wasn't in use) and zooming into the sun and I got the same white smear and purple garbage around it. It was right on the sun in a burst like that too in both of ours.

I hope you're being careful when looking in the viewfinder right at the sun. I wasn't using an optical viewfinder when I did it.
>> well... Dude 3
Ive never been a big fan of sunset pictures, it seems like everyone and there mother has taken one.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>111235
in after me not actually looking at the photo before answering. Yes after looking at it that is the sensor overloading.

Soo would that be buy a graduated ND? hehe :P
>> Anonymous
Okay so we've established that it's a problem with the sensor.

Is there a way around this? I've seen other photos of the sun before, even without clouds or anything, and they didn't have this.

>>111236
Well I try not to look directly at the sun, and I do squint my eyes. Of course, that's probably not enough, but I won't know that for sure until I go blind.