Sigma 12-24mm  EX DG vs 14 3.5 (older model)

I bought an old 14 mm f3.5 because I was favourably impressed by Tom Hogan's review and the price was very good (The  barrel was worn but lenses were OK).  A friend of mine has the new Sigma 12-24 EX DG so we tried to compare the two lenses. He borrowed me the  lens and I shot with my D70 one shot just after the other , so that the differences in colour rendition are due only to the lenses.  For your knowledge, the walls of the watermill were white.

Photos are jpegs converted from NEF without any post processing.

Data for the 12-24                                                                      Data for the 14 f3.5:

f l. 12mm,                                                                                    14mm

ISO 200                                                                                        ISO 200

The results:

A 100% crop from the 12-24:

And from the 14

There are visible differences,  indeed...

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