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I just got my D200 2 days ago and was doing some shootings yday.

I come from a d70 background and I almost always rely on LCD to check on WB correctness.

However, the D200's LCD has appeared to give a warm biased colours, it made me think that my WB settings were wrong. This has been confirmed from another user.

Any idea if this LCD can be calllibrated? or will it be correctable thru firmwares?

thanks

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One guy who had a similar problem on another brand of digital camera simply cut up and glued a gelatin correction filter over his LCD.

(first he spent some time next to his calibrated monitor and looking at the LCD through his entire filter kit until he found the best one, then bought an extra gelatin one)

It is messy, a waste of a good filter etc etc, but compared to waiting for Nikon to fix it, a very good solution for critical users.

But be aware that colour balance on the LCD will change over time - and as it warms up - if you have ever calibrated your desktop LCD display without leaving it on for a few hours you know what I mean. So really accurate WB should not be judged off the LCD in my humble opinion, just like you would never judge exposure from "how it looks" - use the histogram.

Having said all that, this solution will at least get you much closer!

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David F.
Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.pbase.com/davexl/travel
 
thank you davexl for the input.
that's a creative alternative =)

don't worry, i don't judge entirely on the LCD, it basically gives me a rough guidance on my WB correctness. D70 is slightly off and it was alright but D200 is off a tad too far. hehe.
davexl said:
One guy who had a similar problem on another brand of digital
camera simply cut up and glued a gelatin correction filter over his
LCD.

(first he spent some time next to his calibrated monitor and
looking at the LCD through his entire filter kit until he found the
best one, then bought an extra gelatin one)

It is messy, a waste of a good filter etc etc, but compared to
waiting for Nikon to fix it, a very good solution for critical
users.

But be aware that colour balance on the LCD will change over time -
and as it warms up - if you have ever calibrated your desktop LCD
display without leaving it on for a few hours you know what I mean.
So really accurate WB should not be judged off the LCD in my humble
opinion, just like you would never judge exposure from "how it
looks" - use the histogram.

Having said all that, this solution will at least get you much closer!

--
Regards,

David F.
Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.pbase.com/davexl/travel
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http://www.pbase.com/svenstar
 
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