petecrawford Senior Member 644 posts Joined Aug 2007 Location: u.s. More info | Sep 06, 2007 10:02 | #1 last night at a softball game, while using a 70-300 f4-5.6 IS lens, canon eos 30D, i was getting a small gold dot in the pictures at about knee high.
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nippon24 Member  218 posts Joined Apr 2006 Location: Essex, UK More info | Sep 06, 2007 11:45 | #2 Pete, post a picture, it's easier to suggest what it might be if we can see it! I wish my ability matched my ambitions
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numbersix fully entitled to be jealous  8,964 posts Likes: 109 Joined May 2007 Location: SF Bay Area More info | Sep 06, 2007 11:46 | #3 With nothing to look at, all I have is my crystal ball. If the dot went away when zooming, the ball says it's flare. "Be seeing you."
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Sep 06, 2007 11:51 | #4 kenny...i'll try and post a pic, thanks.
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numbersix fully entitled to be jealous 8,964 posts Likes: 109 Joined May 2007 Location: SF Bay Area More info | Sep 06, 2007 13:46 | #5 pete crawford wrote in post #3874257  js...what is flare? Reflections from the internal glass surfaces of the lens, usually the result of shooting in the direction of the sun. Even though the sun isn't in a picture, if sunlight falls on the front lens element there's going to be some light bouncing around inside the lens. "Be seeing you."
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Sep 06, 2007 13:59 | #6 the ball fields not only had the field lights, but there were lower street type lights that i did notice in the picture as i was taking the shots. could that produce flare? i'm assuming so.
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numbersix fully entitled to be jealous 8,964 posts Likes: 109 Joined May 2007 Location: SF Bay Area More info | Sep 06, 2007 14:19 | #7 Street and field lights definitely can cause flare, if that's what you have.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. "Be seeing you."
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cneville101 Member 115 posts Joined Feb 2006 Location: Richmond, VA - USA More info | Sep 06, 2007 14:36 | #8 pete crawford wrote in post #3873556 last night at a softball game, while using a 70-300 f4-5.6 IS lens, canon eos 30D, i was getting a small gold dot in the pictures at about knee high. whenever i zoomed in and took shots the dot would not appear. anyone seen this, or do i even need to worry about it. i'm very new at this. thanks, pete Sounds like flare... if it is, the easy solution is to use the lens hood. The hood aborbs the light and prevents it from reflecting off the glass elements. CMN
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Sep 06, 2007 15:01 | #9 thanks guy's....it is definately flare.
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bwolford Goldmember  3,705 posts Likes: 5 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida More info | Did you have some filter on the lens too? Maybe a UV filter? Brice
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tmonatr Goldmember  1,585 posts Joined Nov 2006 Location: Tennessee More info | Sep 07, 2007 13:18 | #11 It was probably this:http://worthsports.com …sport=slow%20pitch&id=130 Tim
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Sep 09, 2007 22:03 | #12 that's exactly what it was! lol
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