Stefan,
Please reread my post. At no point did I state that the new version does not work properly.
I simply asked if there was any design change of the current Hcam, as compared to the version Daf has, as I have been struggling to do a 4 x image stitch as per his instructions.
This has been illustrated by the photos I have provided. I believe this forum is exactly the place to ask such questions and hopefully have other users with similar equipment help with such queries. As stated in my original post, this could easily be something that I have misread and am not doing properly.
With regards to the flare issue, I do believe this to be a problem, given the shooting situation and where the sun was relative to the camera. Internal flare of adapters has been heavily documented with the original Metabones Canon to Sony adapters when using lenses with large image circles..
As documented here and many other forums..
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1247661/100
This led to many flocking their adapters with light absorbing material to get rid of internal flare. Marc Aurel provided the template for other users to print and cut out for their own adapters. This to me is a photography forum working as it should.
So, am curious to know how your adapter is different to the issues that people encountered with the original Metabones adapter. I have both now and do not see much difference at all. If anything, I can see the Hcam Master being more prone to internal flare as the section of the adapter that "shifts" seems quite reflective to me (as it is lubricated with some type of grease/oil.) You have suggested in the past that you do not recommend "flocking" due to particles getting on the sensor.. That is fair enough but I have no idea how to avoid the flare issue as shown in my examples above. I do not believe this is something that can be fixed by a lens hood, as mentioned, the sun was directly behind.
Thanks. Look forward to your thoughts.