Hugo wrote:
HK> Films came back and actually for the first time it struck me how
HK> different our two photo-systems were.
HK> ...
Hugo, were the films processed by the same lab? I routinely develop
slide film and I can tell that even slight variations of
temperature or E6 chemicals getting close to exhaustion can induce
magenta or yellow casts.
Here's another track: were you shooting on Elitechrome and
comparing directly to Velvia? Besides these being two very different
beasts, Elitechromes tend to render more bluish winter sceneries.
HK> Are Pentax lenses usually cooler or more blue/magenta than other
HK> brands?
I'd say my Pentax glass is more neutral than my "yellowish" Tamron,
but the difference is not that big to strike me the way you felt.
HK> Is this still the case for the modern AF lenses or only for the older
HK> Manual focus lenses?
There was once a thread here discussing differences in colour of
reflections between various lens generations. While older lenses
reflections were more consistent, recent FA lenses reflection
colours are all over the spectrum. It appears that Pentax varies
the lens SMC coatings to compensate for specific glass colour in
order to get a more neutral final image.
Servus, Alin
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