>>Dear All,
>>
>>I have been pondering some comments about lenses giving "cool" or "warm"
>>rendering of colour. Does anyone have an idea of whether this is much of a
>>problem ? I would think that film selection would have a greater influence
>>than lens choice. I've always considered my Zuikos to be neutral, but I
>>haven't used much else for transparencies over the last 20 years !
>>
>>...Wayne
>
>
>Wayne,
>
>you are probably right, as long as modern lenses are involved. There are
>differences here too, like some people believing Canon lenses to be warm,
>Nikon to be cool, etc., but major differences will come from the film
>chosen.
>
>The picture changes, however, if you include older lenses. Uncoated lenses
>tend to be strongly bluish in rendition, single-coated lenses from the
>50ies and 60ies vary (probably also due to deterioration of the cement
>used, when elements are cemented together), but can be incredibly yellowish
>or "golden" if want to be poetic. Pictures taken on the same film with a
>mix of these lenses can look like pictures taken by different photographers
>with differnet cameras at different times. I have slides taken a few weeks
>ago to prove it.
>
>
>Andras Iklody-Szabo
>Caracas/Venezuela
Hi,
after my experience, with todays Pentax lenses, there are slightly stronger
red nuances in the final pictures than with Olympus lenses.
Matthias
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