Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would suspect the source of your very low light at as the reason for the colour shift, not the lens. Thing about it. When we are working in low light what is the most common light source? ...small warm light bulbs giving flat low contrast light, hence orange slides. Or green if flourescent. Greg Locke St. John's, Newfoundland http://blog.greglocke.com ----JUST RELEASED------- NEWFOUNDLAND ...journey into a lost nation by Greg Locke and Michael Crummey McClelland and Stewart ISBN # 0-7710-6142-0 http://www.straylight.ca/newfoundland > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Richard F. Man > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 5:53 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Noct @F1 vs. color > > What I notice (duh...) is that at very low light where one > needs the Noctilux at F1, or F1.2, the color contrast is very > low, and typically there are color casts. Perhaps it's > because I only shoot slides? Would color neg, like the Fuji > Superia etc. be better? Or do I give up and just have to > shoot B&W where the Noct' excels? > > (A little moot currently since I sold my Noct' so I can > afford a Tri-Elmar, but I suspect I may get another Noct at > some point) Interestingly, on my personal favorite page, for > my wife's pics, two are Noct's: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photosite/karisu/index.html > > 2nd row, first one on left, and 4th row, last one on right. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me > directly, please use richard@imagecraft.com) >