A few comments first. The film didn't scan as well as I would have hoped and I had a bit of trouble getting the white balance neutral, I wasn't really able to and I've left it with a pinkish cast. The *ist-D rendition seems to be a bit more neutral. The other differences stem mostly from the lenses, the SMC Pentax is quite a bit sharper, and the image was captured at a higher shutter speed with a wider aperture, to get even close to the same sharpness from the Vemer I had to use it's minimum aperture which necessitated a somewhat longer shutter speed. Over all the softer rendition of the digital shot isn't particularly objectionable in this case. Both underwent some post processing to minimize "noise" and a touch of USM are about the only actions taken, except for the attempt at color balance.
The Original: http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_CircWater.html
Technical information: Pentax LX @ 1/30sec [Kodak ISO 400 Gold] SMC-Pentax 17mm f4.0 @ f8.0.
Revisited: http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_CircWaterRev.html
Technical information: Pentax *ist-D ISO 400 @ 0.3sec Vemar 12mm f8.0 @ f16.
At f16 the Color fringing is much less noticeable on the Vemar.
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