Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Contax color rendition
From: Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:19:30 -0500

Alan,

	You can quote someone, but you cannot "UNQUOTE" something once said.
Perhaps you meant "end quote?"

		Buzz Hausner

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Alan Ball [SMTP:AlanBall@csi.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 21, 1999 8:40 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] Contax color rendition
> 
> Eric,
> 
> Sorry for doing this again, but here is an opiniated quote by you from 2
> days ago. You must admit it sounds very different to your statement
> hereabove. It is difficult to duel with you in those conditions ;-)
> 
> QUOTE
> "I meant Zeiss Contax lenses. That is, actually confirmed to me by Blake
> Ziegler, the father of the Contax G2, and head honcho at Contax USA. All
> Contax G and SLR lenses are "neutral" by his definition, and Leica is
> warmer. I agree with him, but for me Leica is neutral and Zeiss is
> blue." 
> UNQUOTE
> 
> So : yellow ?  blue ? red ? green ? neutral ?  Till Erwin gets back
> with  the results of his deviation measurements to the ISO standard,
> I'll restate my feeling, based on my multiplatform experience (with my
> less than perfect retina) and respect for CdI benchmarks: there is no
> systematic color cast to current ranges of lenses from the main
> respected vendors.
> 
> Alan
>