Leica Q3 43 and blue colour reproduction

[pajamies]

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Photographed blue flowers "Hepatica Nobilis" with my Leica Q3 43. The blue color of the petals was not reproduced correctly out of camera, but was like washed pale. The false color was evident on the back screen already. 

For comparison, photographed the same with Leica M11, which reproduced the blue of the petals correctly.

[Stuart Richardson]

Can you post an example? It sounds like a profiling issue. What is your workflow? Were these jpegs, or raw? If raw, what processor and settings?

[Rhyser]

I have noticed this, using the Q3 43 with Lightroom on MacOS, and found it was related to the color profile.  Adobe Color and Adobe Standard produce the washout out blue.  On the other hand, the Leica ‘Embedded’ profile produces the ‘correct’ blue, the one my eye perceives.