Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll put money you used Kodak film. It always exhibits a yellowish cast, its the Kodak way of producing a warm film. Kodakchrome and POrtra excluded. - -----Original Message----- From: Robert E. Woods [mailto:woorob@email.msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 8:53 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Contax color rendition Hi, just got back and saw a few of the posts debating whether there is a difference in the color rendition of Contax lenses (versus Leica lenses). My brother and I recently ran an ad hoc test of the various cameras we own, in identical conditions, same film, same processing, etc. All pictures were taken outdoors on a very cold day using two identical tripods. Among the cameras we tested were an M6, an R4, a Contax G1 with three lenses, a Contax T2 and a Contax TVSII. In blind evaluations of the results, everyone agreed that the color rendition of the Contax lenses was uniform and identifiable. That is, the pictures taken with the three Contax cameras shared an extremely similar coloration -- a noticeable yellowish cast. You would never notice the yellowish cast unless you compared the Contax pictures with those taken with other cameras under identical conditions, but believe me, it was there. What was especially interesting was that each of the three Contax cameras shared almost identical color rendition, so obviously it is intentional. But there can be no question -- the Contax pictures exhibited a slight but noticeable yellowish tinge. I plan to post the test results on my personal web page sometime later in February. Robert E. (Bob) Woods 28 North Deep Lake Road North Oaks, MN 55127-6506 651-484-0931 (home) woorob@msn.com (home e-mail #1) woorob@hotmail.com (home e-mail #2) www.woorob.com