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Same situation, different lenses, what's going on??

Started Jan 24, 2022 | Discussions thread
Erik Baumgartner Senior Member • Posts: 6,894
Re: Same situation, different lenses, what's going on??
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RitterSport wrote:

Thanks, everyone!

I'll try and answer all the questions I remember here.

It's a really old lens -- it was an old used lens when I got it for my Nikon FM2 back in my film days. So, it could certainly be fogged or have some fungus inside (eww. Is that a thing?)

It was auto white balance for both pictures.

I have DR set to auto, I think.

Think? Check it, just “Auto” shouldn’t do this, but Auto D Range Priority could do this.

I don't have any raw files. I gave up on raw processing way back in my Minolta A1 days, and never really did it for my Nikon D90, and maybe once or twice on this Fuji.

When I adjust the contrast, the picture looks much, much better. I'll post a sample later today. I guess fog or fungus (ew) could affect the contrast.

I'm sure the lens is not as sharp as a modern lens -- it's a portrait lens from years ago, and I don't think it was ever meant to be sharp anyway. Modern lenses are razors compared to the old stuff.

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