Purple Comes out Blue??

ldft · 16th February 2006

Hi Folks,

I took some photos of flowers, and with the 5D the purple ones came out more Blue than purple. Took the same set of flowers with the Panasonic FX5 and the colour is correct. (Ref Picture)

http://photobucket.com/albums/v632/w...olourWrong.jpg

I tried both flash and no flash, various white balance settings, and although slight variations, still more blue than purple. Anyone else notice this? How do you overcome this?

Thanks for your advice.

zcf · 16th February 2006

you photo is too small to show

I think mainly is the white balance problem, sometime it's not very accurate.

Set to custom white balance, try and see how.

Witness · 16th February 2006

could it be your screen calibration?

muko · 16th February 2006

ya.. maybe your monitor setting have tendency to the panasonic...
not necessarily the other one is correct...

muko · 16th February 2006

he..he.. ya it is a problem...
a bit overexposed?

you can try to increase color setting... maybe just dull...

dull is not bad... it gives better space for post process.. but for a quick shooter.. it might be annoying...

Agetan · 17th February 2006

Originally Posted by ldft

Hi Folks,

I took some photos of flowers, and with the 5D the purple ones came out more Blue than purple. Took the same set of flowers with the Panasonic FX5 and the colour is correct. (Ref Picture)

http://photobucket.com/albums/v632/w...olourWrong.jpg

I tried both flash and no flash, various white balance settings, and although slight variations, still more blue than purple. Anyone else notice this? How do you overcome this?

Thanks for your advice.

Small pictures.. can post bigger one?

To me, it looks purple to me (on my calibrated CRT monitor)... did you check you monitor?

Hart

ldft · 17th February 2006

Originally Posted by Agetan

Small pictures.. can post bigger one?

To me, it looks purple to me (on my calibrated CRT monitor)... did you check you monitor?

Hart

Hi All,

Yeah, on a different monitor it now looks purple, guess it is a monitor calibration issue, hmmmm

But the reason I asked this is that on the camera (5D) screen, it looks very blue. Guess I can't trust the camera's screen to determine the correctness of the colour, which could make setting white balance a challenge.

Thanks for all the comments

Eyesthruthelens · 17th February 2006

Originally Posted by ldft

Hi All,

Yeah, on a different monitor it now looks purple, guess it is a monitor calibration issue, hmmmm But the reason I asked this is that on the camera (5D) screen, it looks very blue. Guess I can't trust the camera's screen to determine the correctness of the colour, which could make setting white balance a challenge.

Thanks for all the comments

One of the negative point on KM5D is the LCD.. lousy resolution and quality..

eow · 17th February 2006

bo bian....cos lcd screen is one of the most costly part.
mabbe wait for the coming sony dslr and see how

zcf · 17th February 2006

Have to wait for PMA anouncement, then Summer (June or later) then come out. Bro, the BBB virus making your hand itchy again?

eow · 17th February 2006

Originally Posted by zcf

Have to wait for PMA anouncement, then Summer (June or later) then come out. Bro, the BBB virus making your hand itchy again?

Must resist the temptation
no more purchase of any more lens and body for me this year......i wish...

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 17th February 2006

Originally Posted by Eyesthruthelens

One of the negative point on KM5D is the LCD.. lousy resolution and quality..

when sony come up with a new DSLR, den i sell u my 7D... onz bo?

anyway, this is 1 thing i dun even notice lor... can't tell the diff between purple & blue..

dr34mc4st3r · 17th February 2006

Originally Posted by ldft

Hi Folks,

I took some photos of flowers, and with the 5D the purple ones came out more Blue than purple. Took the same set of flowers with the Panasonic FX5 and the colour is correct. (Ref Picture)

http://photobucket.com/albums/v632/w...olourWrong.jpg

I tried both flash and no flash, various white balance settings, and although slight variations, still more blue than purple. Anyone else notice this? How do you overcome this?

Thanks for your advice.

i feel that the AWB on 5D blows, always gives wrong colours, i felt that using preset WB is much better. my own opinion anyway..

16th February 2006	#1
ldft Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 73	Purple Comes out Blue?? Hi Folks, I took some photos of flowers, and with the 5D the purple ones came out more Blue than purple. Took the same set of flowers with the Panasonic FX5 and the colour is correct. (Ref Picture) http://photobucket.com/albums/v632/w...olourWrong.jpg I tried both flash and no flash, various white balance settings, and although slight variations, still more blue than purple. Anyone else notice this? How do you overcome this? Thanks for your advice.

16th February 2006	#2
zcf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 270 degree of Singapore Posts: 6,684	Re: Purple Comes out Blue?? you photo is too small to show I think mainly is the white balance problem, sometime it's not very accurate. Set to custom white balance, try and see how. __________________ Sony Alpha 700 hobbyist

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Witness Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: www.maverickatwork.com Posts: 6,768	Re: Purple Comes out Blue?? could it be your screen calibration? __________________ w maverick.photography b maverick.blogging

16th February 2006	#4
muko Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bedok Posts: 254	Re: Purple Comes out Blue?? ya.. maybe your monitor setting have tendency to the panasonic... not necessarily the other one is correct...

16th February 2006	#5
muko Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bedok Posts: 254	Re: Purple Comes out Blue?? he..he.. ya it is a problem... a bit overexposed? you can try to increase color setting... maybe just dull... dull is not bad... it gives better space for post process.. but for a quick shooter.. it might be annoying...

17th February 2006	#9
eow Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,489	Re: Purple Comes out Blue?? bo bian....cos lcd screen is one of the most costly part. mabbe wait for the coming sony dslr and see how __________________ 头可断，血可流,倩女不可不追求 carpe diem,when in doubt, hoot first,apologise later:p GALLERY

17th February 2006	#10
zcf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 270 degree of Singapore Posts: 6,684	Re: Purple Comes out Blue?? Have to wait for PMA anouncement, then Summer (June or later) then come out. Bro, the BBB virus making your hand itchy again? __________________ Sony Alpha 700 hobbyist