Maybe an optical lens problem - Sony FE 70-300mm with Sony a7s

[Kamera_Paulson]

Hello everybody,

 

over the weekend I camped in the alps on top of an hill using my new Sony FE 70-300mm with my Sony A7s.

 

Back home I was processing my pictures as always using Lightroom. Lightroom found the correct lens profiled and applied all settings. 

 

Looking through my processed pictures I realized especially on dark pictures like the sunrise and the moon some distracting color rings. 

 

I've added two pictures which I've over processed a little bit to show these distracting color rings. 

 

Does anybody have the same problem or is this normal for such a telephoto lens? I've never had such a problem before. Maybe somebody can answer me. 

 

Cheers Paul 

 

 

[yarmmcd]

That's really bad lens flare! did you have a filter attached? was the front lens element absolutely clean?

[Kamera_Paulson]

Everything was clean, didn't use a filter and I've used the lens hood. 

 

In my opinion it's not a typical lens flare at all. 

 

Two weeks ago I've stayed over night on another hill using an old Tamron 70-300mm with an adapter, manual focus only. I shot comparable pictures of the sunrise but without any problems. 

 

Thanks

[addicted2light]

Another vote for lens flare plus horrendous posterization (did you by any chance shoot underexposing a bit to preserve the highlights, pushing the shadows and the midtones in post?)

 

Less glass elements, i.e. probably your Tamron, or better coating give better results in this kind of situations.