pcg Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Here's another color shot using the LTM 50 Elmar w/ the IIIC body. Same roll as the other example (see my post yesterday). Ray Moth's comment about a green cast on his red dial 50 sent me back to the roll to look at other shots. This is a good example (although not a spectacular photo) to examine--note the white daisies, even in the intense green matrix that surrounds them. Pretty nice saturation, & nice separation of colors. I haven't tried this lens with color portraits, but for landscape oriented work, it has a richness that I like.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iván Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Sorry, Patrick. I got green daisies here. I assume it's a case of colour handling by monitors. In fact, if your original is the way you say, this a good example that scanning and posting do little justice to our pics . . . Regards, Patrick -Iván Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Also sorry, the shadowed areas of the daisies are quite green on my monitor also. Web stuff...X@3$X#. !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcg Posted September 12, 2002 Author Share Posted September 12, 2002 Sorry, guys. I'm viewing the image on a Mac with a calibrated monitor. Daisies are beautifully white from my port. Hmmm. Confirmation for me is that when the image is printed (using an Epson 1280) the daisies remain white. So I agree: this seems to point the the inherent weakness of sharing pics w/ the intent to illustrate some technical point. Heck, what can I say?! (No flames suggesting what I should say, please!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 The petals are white, but the shadows are very green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie chishty Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 The daisies look greenish on my monitor too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew1 Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 I'm viewing on a calibrated monitor, too, and I get a pretty severe green cast, too. Ivan is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-bug Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Sorry, I'm getting green petals as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Sorry, ditto. And here it's already 08:17 P.M. GMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcg Posted September 12, 2002 Author Share Posted September 12, 2002 Okay, okay! I can't stand getting anymore emails claiming that the viewer is seeing green. Geez. Based on consensus, the petals have a green cast & I withdraw my illustrative photo. Hey--did I mention that, like all good Leica photographers, I only see in black & white? Anyone want to buy a couple bricks of NPH 400? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_piper2 Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 There are a lot of things you can tell about a picture or lens from a monitor - but color casts in images on negative film is not one of them - just too many variables in the image chain between the lens and the screen. Shoot a dead neutral slide film (EPN 100 or Provia 100) and look at the slides on a color corrected light box. and report back. Frankly my left eye sees greener than my right eye anyway, even under the above conditions - so it's tricky in any case. I've seen older lenses (c. 1960: 90 fat TE, 90 'long' Elmarit, 50 DR) that were so yellow they looked like the glass had been soaked in - umm - bodily waste fluid. After 30,40,50 years any lens can have a cast - or not. One sample tells us nothing conclusive. (p.s. the daisies show greenish on my 17" Apple (uncalibrated) FWIW). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 looks greenish to me on Windows PC monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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