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>>205953 No, the Zeiss doesn't look like that at all to me.
Lots of Sigma lenses tend to have this sort of straight punchiness, the thing I've seen it on the most is actually the sample image for the 20-40 on their website.
The Zeiss doesn't look to have as strong color transmission or global contrast, but it definitely looks like it has higher raw resolution. I usually prefer other approaches to sharpness, but lots of Sigma lenses just seem to have a too-bright look to them. (Not all, by any means.)
On color film, I'd bet the Sigma would give results with more pop, but on more flexible mediums (digital, which is what I and most people today shoot, and black and white negative film) the Zeiss could simply be bumped in Photoshop or printed in the darkroom with higher contrast.
I'm not on a calibrated monitor at the moment, so this still could end up looking off, but here's a quick adjustment on the Zeiss, with a crop for comparison of their resolution. I just moved the black slider in Levels more towards the center and bumped the saturation +6 on the Zeiss image. The Sigma is exactly as he put it up.
The crops are from the unedited versions. If you look closely, the fine edge detail of the metal bars and railroad tracks is rendered better on the Zeiss.
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