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Veiling and Ghosting Flare
Lens flare can manifest in a variety of ways. Here some worst-case examples with the Otus 28/1.4 are considered.
A very troublesome type is veiling flare (an overall haze), because it robs the image of contrast everywhere in the frame. Veiling flare robs the image of “punch” and it also makes brightening shadow areas problematic. Another type of flare, ghosting flare (bright spots or blobs of light), is usually less objectionable so long as it is not excessive. Ghosting flare often repeats in a train of “ghosts” following the angle of the sun or similar light source.
There are also “interaction flares”—flares that result from the flat (plane) digital sensor interacting with the lens elements and/or a filter (also a plane surface). The flat sensor can interact via reflection with lens elements, increasingly so with stopped-down shooting, introducing a veiling flare effect.
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