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Aug 4, 2022 13:34:03   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
An issue has developed with my lens. A halo appears on the right side of the image. It appears whether or not I use my lens hood, and at various zoom lengths. Any guesses what the problem might be? It does not appear when using any other lens.

Attached images were taken facing AWAY from the sun.


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Aug 4, 2022 14:07:41   #
therwol Loc: USA
 
steve_stoneblossom wrote:
An issue has developed with my lens. A halo appears on the right side of the image. It appears whether or not I use my lens hood, and at various zoom lengths. Any guesses what the problem might be? It does not appear when using any other lens.

Attached images were taken facing AWAY from the sun.


If it doesn't happen with any other lenses, then you can rule out a problem with the camera. Did you ever drop the lens? Maybe an element came loose and is off center, dropped or not. That's what it looks like to me, but I don't have it in front of me. You may have to send it to Nikon to have them look at it. Try looking through it and see if anything looks abnormal.

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Aug 4, 2022 14:55:20   #
cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina
 
Do you have a lens filter on?

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Aug 4, 2022 15:23:07   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
Lens has not been dropped. I’ll have to check which type of filter is on when I get home. I believe it is UV.

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Aug 4, 2022 15:50:37   #
cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina
 
steve_stoneblossom wrote:
Lens has not been dropped. I’ll have to check which type of filter is on when I get home. I believe it is UV.


Take filter off and take a few test shots.

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Aug 4, 2022 16:06:22   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
Will do ASAP

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Aug 4, 2022 20:17:03   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
cedymock wrote:
Take filter off and take a few test shots.


You may be onto something. I removed the (clear) filter and took a couple of shots, and could not see the halo. However, it was just before sundown and had gotten pretty dim.

I'll try again in the morning. Maybe experiment with attaching the filter at various degrees of tightness and see if the halo moves accordingly.

Thanks.

P.S. Filter is B+W XS Pro Digital007 clear MRC Nano 77mm.

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Aug 5, 2022 06:53:34   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
[quote=steve_stoneblossom]You may be onto something. I removed the (clear) filter and took a couple of shots, and could not see the halo. However, it was just before sundown and had gotten pretty dim.

I'll try again in the morning. Maybe experiment with attaching the filter at various degrees of tightness and see if the halo moves accordingly.

Thanks.

P.S. Filter is B+W XS Pro Digital007 clear MRC Nano 77mm.[/quote

The camera probably will still take a picture inside a building or house also.

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Aug 5, 2022 07:05:34   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
tcthome wrote:
The camera probably will still take a picture inside a building or house also.


Understood, but I wanted to use a sky background. Unfortunately, the halo is still there without the filter. That would have been great if it was as simple as that.

Looks like a trip to Nikon is in its near future.

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Aug 5, 2022 07:19:23   #
cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina
 
steve_stoneblossom wrote:
Understood, but I wanted to use a sky background. Unfortunately, the halo is still there without the filter. That would have been great if it was as simple as that.

Looks like a trip to Nikon is in its near future.


Steve did you have the lens hood on or off when you tried without filter?

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Aug 5, 2022 08:12:53   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
cedymock wrote:
Steve did you have the lens hood on or off when you tried without filter?


The lens hood was off.

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Aug 5, 2022 08:14:36   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
steve_stoneblossom wrote:
The lens hood was off.


So, when you put the hood back into its proper usage location, aka 'on', what are the results? I'd certainly make that verification before engaging in any $$$ related actions.

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Aug 5, 2022 08:39:31   #
cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
So, when you put the hood back into its proper usage location, aka 'on', what are the results? I'd certainly make that verification before engaging in any $$$ related actions.



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Aug 5, 2022 08:46:13   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
So, when you put the hood back into its proper usage location, aka 'on', what are the results? I'd certainly make that verification before engaging in any $$$ related actions.


Looks like I was mistaken after all.

Thanks to your inquiries, I decided to test the lens on another camera, and saw no halo.

In spite of not having noticed the anomaly using other lenses previously, I took some shots with my 50/1.4 and sure enough it is there, so apperantly it's an issue with the D750. Hoping my local repair shop can figure it out.

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Aug 5, 2022 09:11:26   #
olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
 
Hopefully a sensor cleaning will cure it.

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