gurtch Posted May 26, 2007 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have the latest firmware. The last two times I used the M8, white balance set to "daylight", the pictures came out ugly green. I mean really GREEN. I was able to fix them during the developing stage using C1, but it is annoying to have to white balance every single shot just to evaluate if it is worth keeping. Is my M8 defective? Thanks Dave G in NJ USA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jamie Roberts Posted May 26, 2007 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2007 Who knows? Were you shooting under fluourescent light? If so, and you were balanced for daylight, well, there's your answer Assuming you were shooting in daylight, though, then yes, there's a problem, though one I haven't seen before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 26, 2007 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2007 No it's not normal. Post a photograph. Jamie's explanation could be correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 26, 2007 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2007 IR filters on/off and what filters and lens where was the menu setting Off/ ON/ On/IR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurtch Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted May 27, 2007 No IR cut filter used. I will try attaching two examples. First is a sunset. Second is a shot in bright sunlight. Camera white balance set to "daylight" in both examples. Thanks for the help Dave Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/25160-m8-photos-are-green/?do=findComment&comment=266054'>More sharing options...
gurtch Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted May 27, 2007 Forgot to add that I "think" lens detection was "off". Lens was either a CZ 28 or 35 mm lens. I will go out and shoot some more outside snapshots and re-confirm that the problem persists, and assure lens detection is "off". Just received my first free IR filter from Leica, but since none of my lenses are coded, I have not used it. (I have no lenses longer than 50mm) As usual, this place is very useful and helpful. Hope I can help someone some day. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted May 27, 2007 Share #7 Posted May 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Are these jpegs? Shoot your next set as DNG's and use the free copy of C1 to open them. See what the program says the "as shot" color temperature were. They sure do look green, as if you somehow got the warm-cool slider hard over to "cool." scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_S Posted May 27, 2007 Share #8 Posted May 27, 2007 David, Please correct me if I am wrong, but the two samples you posted appear to be processed with (Adobe) Camera Raw, not C1 as you stated in you first post. The WB settings in ACR are As Shot, 3050 K, tint -128, which is pretty green indeed. Looks like your WB setting was Tungsten or the camera needs repair. Next, it seems you have used Photoshop CS to convert the raw files. However, PS CS does not support M8 DNG files. I took this information from the files' metadata. Try Capture One or PS CS2 with the latest raw plug-in and double check your WB setting in the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurtch Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share #9 Posted May 28, 2007 Thanks Paul. My *original* work flow was as follows: 1. Shoot raw, no IR cut filter. 2. Down load with card reader to PC 3. Open the files in C1....they were all green. I shot a Whibal card with each set of photos, so I used that white balance to convert all the photos with C1. 4. Using Photoshop CS, I used the C1 Whibal converted TIFs to make final pics. The colors were correct To show what the original "as shot" green photos looked like when I opened them in C1, I did the following to make the quick and dirty posted pictures: 1. Went to original RAW DNG file. 2. Opened in ACR using no white balance corections. 3. Changed to 8 bit, reduced to 72dpi, and 12" wide. 4. Saved as a low res JPG (quality slider at 6 out of 12) in order to post. So, I actually did initially use C1 to open and process. BTW the final of the sunset, after converting in C1 using the whibal, came out OK (correct color). I need to shoot some more daylight stuff to make sure I did not accidentally have my camera white balance to something other than daylight. Thanks again Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 28, 2007 Share #10 Posted May 28, 2007 What profile in C1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted May 28, 2007 Share #11 Posted May 28, 2007 These green pictures look pretty much like what DNG, made with DXO (Rawconverter) looked like when viewed in ACR some releases back. Could be in CS. Now in CS2, with news releases of ACR, I do not have this problem any more. My guess: a DNG/ACR/CS problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 28, 2007 Share #12 Posted May 28, 2007 To me it looks like a profile or mismatch that happend to the DNG file. Very strange Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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