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Colour rendition

Started Feb 22, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Re: Colour rendition
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prospects wrote:

minglukhan wrote:

Let me preface this by saying that I love Canon's colour science. I love the M50 and the m100 before it.

I've always had good results with the 22mm and adapted 50mm 1.8 STM with very little effort and post editing.

I've gone on a recent splurge and bought two of the Sigma primes - the 30mm and 56mm. The autofocus is nice and snappy on both and I get nice clean images.

However the Canon colours and image 'pop' that I was getting with ease before is not there. I find the colours and rendition more muted and sterile.

Am I crazy?

Not crazy but probably a little confirmation bias.

While lens character will differ between lenses, I can’t imagine why Sigma lenses would lose their “pop”.

Exactly. There are lots of different factors that ultimately affect IQ, but with today's tools many of the issues can be largely mitigated by shooting RAW and applying your own adjustments to taste, losslessly.

I don't hesitate at all to use any of my Sigma lenses when the situation is appropriate. They perform marvelously. Here is a shot taken in a very challenging lighting situation (for color and contrast). Middle of the day into the sun. I do use a lens hood religiously though...

The foliage in the background is muted of course, but the Sigma 56 + M6ii did very well with all of my photos during the shoot. Click on "original size" (2160 high). Rights reserved

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