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Lenses and color reproduction

Started Dec 11, 2015 | Polls thread
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Re: Lenses and color reproduction

Rainbow21 wrote:

Light level is slightly different. Seems as if "brightness" is higher on bottom image, making comparison difficult.

I don't think that comparison is difficult because of the light level. It is because the colors are very similar. There is no meaningful difference. That was my point in the first place:

All lenses you can buy now for any "real" camera brand are sufficient if you look at how they render color.

I found one EOS lens with obviously worse color: http://www.canon.com/c-museum/en/product/ef261.html This was the first EOS kit lens ever. Not a pro level lens, almost 30 years old by now. This lens had muddy and muted colors, (compared to a EF 35mm IS USM, which is considered to be great).

So, 25 years ago, there was a reason to be concerned about how your lens reproduces color. Today, if you spend >100$€ you will be fine, every time.

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