>I pulled out these two photos last just to make a fair comparison.
>
>http://www.integrityonline21.com/dpconsult/madisoncolors.jpg
>I lightened the left side to match the second exposure more accurately.
>Colors unchanged.
>
>Here's an interesting consideration:
>
>The top image was shot with the Pentax A100/2.8.
>Deep, rich colors.
>
>The bottom image was shot with the Lordomat Liedolf Wetzlar Lordon 50/1.9
>Take special notice of the colors.
>
>The Lordomat image, while lacking a bit in resolution compared to the A
>lenses,
>has a far better representation of the colors of that day.
>Might that be from lenses that are uncoated?
Collin, I pulled your image into Photoshop, cropping and rescaling the
lower portion so that what's in it matches more closely to the content o of
the upper image (comparing apples to apples), and then looked at both with
the color picker.
Your Lordomat image has *a lot more* of a red cast to it than the Pentax
image does: shadows on the buildings are hot and the water is very
purplish. I don't know which color(s) you were visually matching up when
you lightened the Pentax image to match the Lordomat, but, since they are
recording colors differently, perhaps the color(s) you are matching to is
giving an unfair advantage to the Lordomat (plus, the only greens in the
image you can compare in each are in the lightened portion of the Pentax
image).
When I adjust your lightened half of the Pentax image to the same density
as the Lordomat, the colors of the Pentax image look significantly more
saturated and natural to my eye (shadows have a degree of coolness, greens
are greener without a red cast, etc.) and the range of detail in the Pentax
image blows the Lordomat away.
When I do it the other way around, adjusting the brightness of the Lordomat
image to match unadjusted portion of the Pentax image, the Lordomat looks
terrible.
Of course, this on my monitor and I'm not a photoshop expert. So take my
feedback for what it's worth. :-)
Dan Scott
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