Thanks Chris, yes the sun was just to the right. The Foveon sensor does not cope with sun hitting the lens. In fact it's reproduction is so similar to film and reminds me in those
situations of using the Zorki when get blown out scattered colours. Crazy that some makers do not supply hoods with cameras, I've not got one as yet but had an old rubber generic
version, far to short but helped slightly.
Here's an, into the sun pic, Some qualities I like but not for DPR consumption, you'd get hung drawn and chopped into little bits.
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My Olympus and canon I could have shot this easily without the flare like this. I do not think it is lens depended either.
Who needs art filters .