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Hi, for those interested, I did eventually get onto Nikon support. After harping on about the fact that I don't use a lens hood for this lens, I asked why they had no other suggestions and if they had seen this before. They then seemed to think it does look like there's a problem with the lens. Maybe with the coatings. They didn't suggest if it was damage or a problem in the manufacturing process. I did take a series of shots, and told them, of the sky at different angles to the sun at all stops - f22 to f1.8 - and the fringing was evident at all f stops. I can't replicate the problem with other lenses I have when used without a hood. I was a bit annoyed that they initially offered no other suggestions and implied it was my fault for not using a hood. I thought this was nonsense. Don't know what you guys think about that. Anyway, happy shooting. Peter P.

no, I don't use a lens hood for this lens as the front element is well recessed.. I use one for all other lenses. I'll see if I can find one locally and try.

thanks again to everyone for their thoughts. I've had a look at the image in photoshop (don't use LR) and playing with the amount and midpoint in the "Custom" "Lens Correction" sort of helps. "amount" just turns the purple to white after a point, but midpoint helps as well. I had the vignette control on "normal" on the camera. It's off now and I'll see how I go. Peter P.

thanks Michael. But the image was shot at f8 and 1/500. I'll pay some more attention to f-stop and see how/if it varies.

thanks for the comments and suggestions. I'll play with vignetting controls. Peter p.

Thanks hapien and rodeo_joe|1. I'll have another close look at the lens. No, no polarizer used. I called it CA, for want of a better description, because as you say CA is normally around edge detail. I'll see if I can get a response from Nikon. It's only a problem when I shoot something like this, but then it's a big problem.

Hi All, thanks for the replies. I've managed to upload a sky that I shot with the lens and my D800E (and yes, I know there's some dust spots). When I'm in ACR or photoshop, the tick boxes seem to do very little, if anything, to reduce the CA. When I look at tutorials online to reduce fringing they seem to deal with very narrow fringing on edges, not the large amount I have. Maybe rodeo_joe's right, I have a dud lens? Quite like it otherwise. Peter P.

Hi, does anybody else have horrendous CA or fringing on their 50mm 1.8d? And how do you fix it? I can't seem to find anything mentioned in comparisons etc. I've tried to upload an image but the site won't let me. Thanks, Peter P.