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    Do the owners of both Zeiss SF and Swarovski EL/NL feel they are uncomfortable for the different color cast?

    Clearly the problem is you can’t tell whether it’s a horse or a unicorn because you’re using the wrong binocular. Edmund
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    Do the owners of both Zeiss SF and Swarovski EL/NL feel they are uncomfortable for the different color cast?

    ah, you too dream of unicorns.
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    Do the owners of both Zeiss SF and Swarovski EL/NL feel they are uncomfortable for the different color cast?

    Yup. One thing I learnt about color is that no single individual or group has the whole story, but usually when a bunch of people come together and look at a thing some consensus and respect eventually emerges. Edmund
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    Do the owners of both Zeiss SF and Swarovski EL/NL feel they are uncomfortable for the different color cast?

    I know about standards; I used to be one of the guys who participated in establishing them for color at the ICC, for the print/photo industry. Standards are not in any way objective, they represent decisions made for various reasons by the manufacturers, and usually they need to grandfather in...
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    Do the owners of both Zeiss SF and Swarovski EL/NL feel they are uncomfortable for the different color cast?

    There is a subtlety in color: It is a percept. Measurement gives you spectral transmission (or reflection) data - how that spectrum determines a color perception depends on the observer and the viewing conditions. Just believe me, I spent 15 years of my life doing this sort of cr*p, even...
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    Do the owners of both Zeiss SF and Swarovski EL/NL feel they are uncomfortable for the different color cast?

    My take on this is that color is psychophysics, somewhere between psychology and physics and therefore measuring instruments are not always a reliable substitute for user perceptions, especially when such user impressions are recurrent. For color casts, an interesting question is exactly how...
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