White Halo

[dnews]

I get a white halo or fringe around bright objects (such as a white statue in the sun) when using my Canon S400. What causes this? How can I avoid it?

I'm an amateur and have been using the automatic settings.

[Jake Conner]

I'm not sure quite what you mean... could you post a sample pic?

Jake

[dnews]

Sure... here is a sample. Note the haze above the head. There is some compression artifact also now.

.... actually, I think I solved my problem. I cleaned my dirty lense and the pictures seem better. I'll need to double check when the light is brighter outside.

duh

thanks

[dnews]

OK.. Cleaning the lense was the trick. Here are before and after shots of a white piece of paper. The lense had a finger print on it - probably sun screen.

Pretty stupid, but a happy ending.

[Rhys]

Originally Posted by dnews

OK.. Cleaning the lense was the trick. Here are before and after shots of a white piece of paper. The lense had a finger print on it - probably sun screen.

Pretty stupid, but a happy ending.

This is one reason I disliked skylight filters with 35mm photography. They attracted more dirt and diffused the light naturally more than the bare lens on its own. There's a heck of a difference between a photo taken as the lens manufacturer intended and a photo taken though some filter.

[Jake Conner]

Not if you use Tiffen or Hoya SMC filters...