EEK! sensor appeared I'm my image!

[p2images]

Anyone ever seen THIS before? My sensor took a photo of itself!

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

Anyone ever seen THIS before? My sensor took a photo of itself!

So that's what a wormhole to another dimension looks like ...

Cheers,
Bart

[p2images]

Yes! 

[Paul2660]

Looks more like classic flare. Directly across from the sun if are referring to the rainbow lines on the rocks.   Common with many wides. 14-24 does this but curved.  Same rainbow corner flare.

Paul C

[p2images]

I agree it is flare but its flare that is a reflection of the sensor in the camera and I have  never seen that before.

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

Looks more like classic flare. Directly across from the sun if are referring to the rainbow lines on the rocks.   Common with many wides. 14-24 does this but curved.  Same rainbow corner flare.

Have to assume that this particular lens or camera has a rectangular kind of exit-pupil baffel (or a lens adapter with internal reflections).

Cheers,
Bart

[p2images]

The camera is a Nikon D850 and the lens is a Nikon 14-24 f/2.8.. I guess it must have somehow reflected.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Denying the right of selfie to sensors would be unconstitutional.

[p2images]

Agreed!

[Two23]

The direct sun is pretty bright, and the area of the reflection is pretty dark........


Kent in SD

[bjanes]

Have to assume that this particular lens or camera has a rectangular kind of exit-pupil baffel (or a lens adapter with internal reflections).

Cheers,
Bart

I looked at my 12-24 and there is no rectangular baffle in the lens. The OP's explanation may be correct. The 12-24 is known to be prone to flare with a bright light source in the image.

Bill

[NancyP]

Could that be the image of the autofocus array?

[rdonson]

Is this a DSLR image?  Was there any stray light going into the eye cup? 

[Wayne Fox]

very strange.  totally off the wall guess, reflection of the sensor off of the back lens element.

[mcbroomf]

It's not a rectangle, just 2 vertical lines.  It looks a little like a rectangle due to the shading of the rocks but I see no horizontal lines connecting the verticals.  Perhaps Stephen could post a crop but normal lens flare I'd guess.

[p2images]

Thanks for your reply, it’s the sensor for sure and a perfect rectangle. Did you look on the left of the image?
I’m traveling for business and can’t crop the image for you until I return

[mcbroomf]

I'll be interested to see a crop from the original, but here's a magnified crop from the screen and I really don't see any horizontal lines connecting the verticals.  If it were a reflection of the sensor face then I think we'd see a change in the shadow density between the lines and I don't see that.  Anyway, very interesting ...