review screen magenta hue

[RajuPatel]

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When i take a photograph and when i review the same in the EVF (or the back screen) the display (on both) takes a strong magenta hue. Why would this happen? It does not happen for all images. this occurrence is erratic. CAN some shed some light on this please. I am running the latest firmware.

[jaapv]

These screens can break down, usually to magenta. All camera makers procure them from large manufacturers in China, they are a mass product.

Mine produced magenta rings once. Leica replaced it on a fast turnaround - within the week.

In your case it looks like an internal component failure, though. Send it in.

[kyc]

Not really related, but my display showed a pinkish color for part of the red in my son's Ferrari. It was a little worrisome until I got home a few days later and the actual images were the proper Ferrari red. But, since my son lives over a thousand miles away, I actually did not know if I was successful until I got back to my computer. I guess I need to get a MacBook Air or maybe have a little more faith in my camera!

 

Greg

[jaques]

I think you are jumping the gun on this one Jaap: this sounds like an erratic problem that is not related to the screen itself but a software glitch or similar. Both M240's I have owned have exhibited this issue from time to time. To the OP: does this magenta hue only appear when you zoom into an image and disappear when you zoom back out? If so many users have reported this issue- it is a known fault.

[Echo63]

I think you are jumping the gun on this one Jaap: this sounds like an erratic problem that is not related to the screen itself but a software glitch or similar. Both M240's I have owned have exhibited this issue from time to time. To the OP: does this magenta hue only appear when you zoom into an image and disappear when you zoom back out? If so many users have reported this issue- it is a known fault.

 

Mine has this issue sometimes - the review looks fine, but as you zoom in it looks like flare, magenta and low contrast on the screen

[jaapv]

I think you are jumping the gun on this one Jaap: this sounds like an erratic problem that is not related to the screen itself but a software glitch or similar. Both M240's I have owned have exhibited this issue from time to time. To the OP: does this magenta hue only appear when you zoom into an image and disappear when you zoom back out? If so many users have reported this issue- it is a known fault.

I would be happy to reassure people, but so many users? I cannot recall regular complaints about this and my camera has certainly never done it.. EVF and LV both. As I said, that must be something in the camera hardware, not the screen itself. My post could have been more clear, I admit.

[mirekti]

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Not really related, but my display showed a pinkish color for part of the red in my son's Ferrari. It was a little worrisome until I got home a few days later and the actual images were the proper Ferrari red. But, since my son lives over a thousand miles away, I actually did not know if I was successful until I got back to my computer. I guess I need to get a MacBook Air or maybe have a little more faith in my camera!

 

Greg

 

In many photos red will suddenly transfer its hue to magenta if you check your photos in Lightroom. Not sure what's the case with the camera jpegs as I don't use them. Capture one will give you better reds or you will have to play with the HSL in Lightroom to correct this.