Answers.Body: <p>The focal length of your lens does not necessarily determine wether or not you will see lens-flares. Lens-flares appear by reflecting light within the lenses, often bouncing around which in on itself would be considered a mistake. So chances are that with cheaper lenses, you will actually see more lens-flares than with an expensive zeiss-prime lens.</p>
  
  <p>There are some tricks to make lens-flares more apparent: You can use a rubber-band and stretch it in front of the lens horizontally - the rubber-band will be almost invisible since it's so out of focus, however, the reflected light will be caught by it and give you an almost anamorphic-looking lens-flare. For more dyi-tips and tricks concerning lenses I recommend you check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/filmriot" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FilmRiot Youtube channel</a>, or the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/indymogul" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IndyMogul</a> one. They hinted me towards the rubber-band trick for example.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I recently got a canon m50 for recording music videos, and despite several bad reviews I have read, I think it works quite well generally.
  There are some things though that I do not like that I am trying to solve. </p>
  
  <p>One of them is that whenever I have a source of light (like a lamp) in front of the camera or irradiating the edge of the lens I cannot get light flares (which would give a very aesthetic look to my videos). </p>
  
  <p>So is it there any way to get light flares with the lens I have (a 15-45mm lens)? Or do I have to buy another lens for it?</p>
  
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Title: Is there any way to get light flares in a canon m50 and its 15-45mm lens?
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ThreadText: # Is there any way to get light flares in a canon m50 and its 15-45mm lens?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-07)
  
  I recently got a canon m50 for recording music videos, and despite several bad reviews I have read, I think it works quite well generally.
  There are some things though that I do not like that I am trying to solve.
  
  One of them is that whenever I have a source of light (like a lamp) in front of the camera or irradiating the edge of the lens I cannot get light flares (which would give a very aesthetic look to my videos).
  
  So is it there any way to get light flares with the lens I have (a 15-45mm lens)? Or do I have to buy another lens for it?
  
  **Tags:** camera, lighting, lenses
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-02-07. Score: 1
  
  The focal length of your lens does not necessarily determine wether or not you will see lens-flares. Lens-flares appear by reflecting light within the lenses, often bouncing around which in on itself would be considered a mistake. So chances are that with cheaper lenses, you will actually see more lens-flares than with an expensive zeiss-prime lens.
  
  There are some tricks to make lens-flares more apparent: You can use a rubber-band and stretch it in front of the lens horizontally - the rubber-band will be almost invisible since it's so out of focus, however, the reflected light will be caught by it and give you an almost anamorphic-looking lens-flare. For more dyi-tips and tricks concerning lenses I recommend you check out the [FilmRiot Youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/filmriot), or the [IndyMogul](https://www.youtube.com/indymogul) one. They hinted me towards the rubber-band trick for example.
  
  
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