RoamingScott wrote: SGinNorcal wrote: RoamingScott wrote:
The differences are stark, though your coloring makes it a bit hard to suss out certain properties.
Can you explain this a bit more? I do know that I tend to be sensitive to bright highlights and often pull them down along with often using negative exposure comp. Or referring to the late hour waning light? As mentioned, no color editing was done. I tried to treat them the same.
The white balance is...odd...as well as the overall tones if they are unedited. Are these JPEGs with a fuji profile applied, or RAW files?
Either way, my point was you can glean certain characteristics about the transition zones and bokeh by looking at color, in a way that I'm unable to do here. It's tangential to my overall impressions which I shared.
And regarding character, I'd like to think we're all done caring about pleasing one contrarian who can't leave well enough alone. The 35 has character in spades and that's what makes it special.
The white balance was on Auto throughout but nothing seems unusual. Shots with sky are 5k-6k and those with less direct light 4100-4900. All RAW files, Capture One, minor adjustments to reduce Highlights, small increases to Contrast and Brightness. Regarding the use of the term character, I was trying to be more specific, using terms like vibrancy or specific colors that pop. Just hoping to avoid off-topic arguments. I generally agreement with your observations and think lens choice hear is largely is you like the pop of the 35 or the neutral palette of the 33.
Mar 13, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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