So, this is the same lens, but instead I've got a threaded glass element holder instead of it being a tolerance fit (which was getting sharpie marks everywhere).

I walked around dc around ~4:30pm, so the sun was pretty low but not "sunset" time yet. Catching the sunset in dc is hard because the buildings aren't very far apart and they're all roughly the same height.

not vegan :(

I was hoping for more photos with lens flair, but really didn't take any. I'll have to do more research into what actually causes them.

On second though, these aren't lens flares, they're just really really bright spots. "Circular astigmatism" doesn't pull much up on google... if you have any ideas you should let me know.

See my earlier post for more info!