While I like the HFT's purply flare spot, I don't think I can afford the upgrade right now. Guess the good ol' "palm of my hand" lens shade will have to suffice with my non HFT lenses till then. Since I don't shoot color, I guess I am suffering a little loss of contrast. Nice to see a side by side test... On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:23:36AM -0700, jayers wrote: > > > I want to thank all for the effort to invite me. > > Some years ago I ran a test to compare the 40mm Zeiss lenses for the SL66. > The differences can be viewed at. > http://www.rollei-gallery.net/jonathan-ayers/folder-8226.html > > > At the time I was only interested in a worse case flare condition, and only > after viewing the transparencies did I notice the change in hues of the sky, > clouds, and the deck, unfortunately I had returned the non HFT lens and was > unable to determine if the shift in hue would have been noticed in a low > flare condition. The film was Agfa RS or RSX 100, both exposures the same > > Jonathan > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list