Best/worst lens for flaring?

I was shooting a music festival recently and got chating to one of the other photographers. He was shooting Nikon but I noticed he had a very old looking lens on his relativelty new D700. I asked about it and he said it's one of the worst lenses Nikon has ever made because it flares like hell, but for selective shots at a festival/concert it allows you to get some really nice effects from the stage lighting.

So my question to you, is what EF mount lenses have you used that flare like crazy that might allow me to produce something a bit different than I can on my L lenses at the next festival.

Wait, you WANT it to flare? That's easy, find the cheapest filter you can, and put it on your lens

My 50mm 1.4 can flare quite a bit from indirect sunlight, but not sure what stage lights would do to it.

Keyan wrote in post #14691150
Wait, you WANT it to flare? That's easy, find the cheapest filter you can, and put it on your lens

My 50mm 1.4 can flare quite a bit from indirect sunlight, but not sure what stage lights would do to it.

Yep, you got it. I've got plenty of lenses which are technically great and can get me the high quality shots I need. Just after something to compliment those shots, giving images with a bit more character.

28 1.8 is famous for flare.

You can make almost any lens flare, if you try hard enough... 24-70/2.8:

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16-35 f2.8 MKI...

Sigma 15-30mm. sharp but real easy to get it to flare!

Tokina 11-16...I've had that lens flare more than any other one I've ever owned. (Great lens otherwise, though haha)

Adding a cheap filter to any lens will give you flare.