Is this lens flare? Pro-Photographer quesion

[RScottCampbell]

Hi gang,
I'm a pro photographer since 1988, so I do know cameras and images and lens flare. I picked up a P2V a few days ago and on my first test shoot I got some pretty weird dark horizontal arc lines in my images that face the sun. I've seen similar lens flare on a couple of my tilt-shift lenses, they were straight lines though.

I've attached a sample image to this post.

- Is this lens flare or an issue with my camera?
- Is there a way to fix this? I've seen lens hoods and filters.

It doesn't seem to occur when facing away from the sun.

Thank you for your time.

 

[gfredrone]

Those are shadows from your propellers. There are some indepth threads on here somewhere telling why and how it happens. Search propellor shadows or prop shadows.

 

[PhantomPhreak]

One thing I don't care for on the vision camera is that polished metal ring around the lens. I would want that blacket out. Maybe catching some light. A hood would help but not sure how it would work with the wide angle.

 

[SlackerATX]

One thing I don't care for on the vision camera is that polished metal ring around the lens. I would want that blacket out. Maybe catching some light. A hood would help but not sure how it would work with the wide angle.

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Enjoy!