Z 6 LCD Red flowers are magenta

OK bugzie!

On the LCD screen red blossoms are distincly blue.
"My original post concerns the colour of the image on the LCD for
the purpose of editing and discarding. If when viewing red blossoms
they appear blue" ie. no sign of red ! even the green foliage was degraded.
You said " if red objects looked purple or blue on my camera lcd, i'd be
taking the camera back for repair" That was exactly the situation.
The camera has been returned to KM for their inspection. I got a letter from them to say that it will be returned within a few days.
Will post the outcome of this. I would like to keep it.If it can be adjusted.

I was curious to know if this was a common fault with the Z6.

Many thanks for the the trip around the colour wheel!

Regards jp
My original post concerns the colour of the image on the LCD for
the purpose of editing and discarding. If when viewing red blossoms
they appear blue
if red flowers appear blue, then that is not at all satisfactory.
that's very very wrong.

I do not think that is satisfactory, although this
seems acceptable to some on this issue. Perhaps even a mono
display would be OK for some!

Jfelbab. Goes onto a different issue of the LCD during the taking
of shot.

I still have not had anybody coming back saying that they have blue
red blossoms on their LCD.
blue red? are the red flowers blue or red on the lcd screen? blue
red or magenta red (which are the same) is red. red with a blue, or
magenta, cast. yes, my reds have more of a blue or magenta cast on
my camera's lcd than they have in photoshop on my computer. i've
already said that. but i'm not at all worried, as long as they're
red. if red objects looked purple or blue on my camera lcd, i'd be
taking the camera back for repair. as long as they're within the
spectrum of red, i don't care if they have a slight orange or a
slight magenta cast.
Surely the must be somebody out there with an observation on this
issue.
what colours do red objects look like on your camera lcd screen.
are they red, magenta, purple or blue? to cycle around the red to
blue spectrum, you have red, magenta-red, red-magenta, magenta,
purple-magenta, magenta purple, purple, blue-purple, purple-blue,
blue. so what colour would you say your red flowers match in this
spectrum? because i'm getting a little confused by what you mean by
"blue red". in colour terminology blue-red is red. it's red with a
magenta cast. an object can't be blue and red at the same time.
well, it can, but then it wouldn't be red, it would be magenta.

you see, if your flowers are somewhere in the vicinity of red,
however you want to describe a cast to either this or that, i just
can't see the problem. if they're blue, yes, that is indeed a
problem. it's especially not a problem if they're fine on your
computer screen.

as to editing in camera, not a good idea. you can't see if shots
are out of focus. you can adjust colour on your computer but out of
focus is disastrous. i have a nice big memory card and i keep just
about everything i shoot. except the out and out bloopers. i cull
them out once i can see them properly on my computer. you really
can't judge a shot on the lcd. even at 8x magnification.

but to reiterate, red flowers are red on my lcd. not the same red
as in photoshop on my computer -- slightly more magenta (blue) --
but red nonetheless. they are certainly not blue.
Please let me know. Regards jp
 
jim pills wrote:
First ,I made a pills of my posting.

Not that I am colour blind but must be dyslexic. I got magenta swopped with cyan in my minds eye!!!
My LCD shows red flower heads as cyan or very blue/purple.
Fortunately in letters to KM I referred to red/blue correctley.
The Z6 is being inspected by KM and I will post their findings shortly.
Sorry and regards jim pills.
Floral displays of red flowers look cyan on the LCD screen and
colours generaly are flat. Impossible to assess subject quality. Is
this a camera fault or are all Z6's like this?
Thinking of returning the camera to MK for adjustment if that is
possible
Regards jp
 
Hi Jim,

I hope you don't mind me entering the KMT (I'm an olympus user but my girlfriend got a Z6 and i'm helping her to get the most out of it).

What we first discovered with the Z6 in it's original state was (imo) a little harsh contrast, slightly under-saturated and slightly over-exposed photos.
Otherwise i think it's a great cam ! especially the AS :)

To solve the above issues i adjusted the contrast to -, saturation to vivid and -0.3EV exposure compensation (depending on the scene). That have helped a lot so far.

I hope you get your camera back soon and looking forward to see some photos from you.

Regards,
Per
 
Hi Perus

Apologies first. Why I said Magenta when I should have said Cyan .Put it down to dyslexia ,,
sorry My LCD shows red flowers as Lilac/Blue.

I sent it back to KM with a full report and pictures as requested.

Got the camera back the other day with a two line description of the work carried out, to the optics. No mention of the LCD colour bias problem. And the red roses on the LCD are still lilac!!

I have to ask are all Z 6’s the same. My daughters Z1 is very accurate on the LCD and the performance all round is very good.

So I am in a quandary as to what to do at the moment as I need to edit flower arrangements on the LCD.
Hope you are a satisfied customer.

Regards jim pills
Hi Jim,

I hope you don't mind me entering the KMT (I'm an olympus user but
my girlfriend got a Z6 and i'm helping her to get the most out of
it).

What we first discovered with the Z6 in it's original state was
(imo) a little harsh contrast, slightly under-saturated and
slightly over-exposed photos.
Otherwise i think it's a great cam ! especially the AS :)

To solve the above issues i adjusted the contrast to -, saturation
to vivid and -0.3EV exposure compensation (depending on the scene).
That have helped a lot so far.

I hope you get your camera back soon and looking forward to see
some photos from you.

Regards,
Per
 
Hi Jim,

No problems, regarding the LCD i must say that the final results don't exactly match the output from the LCD but I have to run some more tests to see if I get the same results as you. But i'm happy with the pictures it produces, especially when using manual WB and exp.comp of -0.3EV to -0.7EV. It would be great to hear if someone else got problems with clipped highlights on their Z6's.

I really hope you get more input from other users as well and that you find a solution.

Regards,
Per
 

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