Oh believe me Matthew, I'm slowly adding my reviews to the lens review section as I test my lenses. Part of the reason for this thread is to get more information regarding the results I'm getting so I can accurately review the lenses.
I guess the difference could be in the coatings. It just seems odd to me though, looking at the glass of both lenses, the coatings look identical. You know, the little reflected light bulbs you see when holding it under a light, they look the same in both. I know that different coatings look different in the reflection, so unless it's a very minor difference I don't see how it could be the coatings. But again, it is a very minor difference in the images so I guess it could be the coatings. The diifference is so minor that if I wasn't comparing the images side by side I probably would never have noticed any difference at all.
Thanks for the tip on the white balance. I was unaware that it was even set to auto. which after checking the EXIF data and the camera settings, is probably where the discrepancy is coming from.
Thanks for your help everyone. This has prompted me to learn something about my camera that I thought was best left alone. If not for your insight, I would have continued taking pictures without ever considering the effect of white balance. I'm going to mess with that a bit and see how the two lenses compare. If there is still a difference, maybe it's the coatings.
Ex Finn, to answer your question, Pensacola Florida. You are too late though, we only have two camera stores and I've already picked the best lenses from both. The one down town still has a nice Pentax-M 50mm 1.4 that I might decide to get, but I don't see much of a point in that since I have a 1.7.... actually two 1.7's right this second. I've scrounged most of the pawn shops as well. Nothing there. Thus far the best deals have been from the flea market. But I haven't gone back there in a while. I might have to go check it out again and see if there are any new gems to rescue.
Last edited by Damian; 10-20-2010 at 07:49 PM.