Nex-7 WB setting for JPEG

Hi,

I receive my NEX-7 3 days ago. Im shooting only JPEG. I noticed that the white balance seemed to have to much purple. I have adjusted the WB in the setting and shift +1 in the green.

Anyone else noticed this.

Regards,

Hard to say.

Some LCD's color different from others, some lenses have a color cast, your subject of the day may have had a certain color tone, your AWB may not have been in auto, or daylight mode, you may have color blindness in varying degree, you may be in vivid color mode (JPG), the LCD may be in 'daylight' (bright) mode, among other reasons.

I would compare with the auto-AWB in DxO or LR3 - works fine on JPG- how different is the picture there from the OOC JPG?

Then, if you set the WB using a grey card and then take a picture under the same lighting conditions, does this auto-AWB difference in DxO or LR3 diminish?

If so, it is probably a combination of subject/colors of the day as well as certain JPG color mode settings.

Try to not optimize the WB for the display, but verify the colors on a PC and against some PP tools.

And take a show in RAW, just for comparion sake.

All set, a correction of +1 in any direction is very mild. As a references, manual lenses cause bigger differences, due to different coatings, and the light metering gets thrown off for manual lenses - typically the camera under-exposes with a manual lens, and the WB tends to shift a little.

Try different subjects, different times of the day, with different lenses, let us know.

JeanFrancois Marion said:

Hi,

I receive my NEX-7 3 days ago. Im shooting only JPEG. I noticed that the white balance seemed to have to much purple. I have adjusted the WB in the setting and shift +1 in the green.

Anyone else noticed this.

Regards,

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Cheers,
Henry

Thanks for you which one have the best color?

Ah, nice cute pic!

To me, the second pic.

But in this pic you add three more things that complicate the matter:

• indoors shooting wo/ flash? All AWB will be off.
• the picture is mostly black. Hard to pick any AWB.
• skin tones. We always prefer warmer, but warmed does not work for everything.

E.g. try Landscape mode, you will like the warmer rendering. Sunset is even more extreme.

Setting the AWB to tungsten, incandescent, or indoor fluorescent has also a dramatic effect.

But, with any pic, don't be afraid to adjust the WB during PP. You are the final judge.

Setting a custom WB for shots like this works, but remember to change it for other shots.

FWIW, indoor incandescent lighting seems hardest for almost all cameras, in term if AWB. The plethora of options, including custom override is a hint thereof

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Cheers,
Henry

Both look slightly off for me. 1st is too green, 2nd is too purple.

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JeanFrancois Marion said:

I receive my NEX-7 3 days ago. Im shooting only JPEG. I noticed that the white balance seemed to have to much purple. I have adjusted the WB in the setting and shift +1 in the green.

Anyone else noticed this.

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Oh, same here, but with the NEX-5N. There was definitely a difference in JPEG color rendering, with "more magenta" in the NEX-5N color.

I'm finally to the point where I'm going to try doing what you've done -- let's see what a bump of one step towards green and away from magenta does.

You can see the difference between your two sample shots -- it's subtle, but it's there.

Tom Hoots
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I hesitated before replying for fear of giving you an unwelcome headache - posssibly something wrong with the camera - but I guess you like me would want to know. I had WB problems with a 5N which I got replaced. The replacment was better but the 7 I have know is just so spot on outdoors and indoors with auto WB. Perhaps others could also give a view on how they are finding WB on the 7 which might serve to alert you as to whether there is a fundemental issue with yours.

JeanFrancois Marion said:

Hi,

I receive my NEX-7 3 days ago. Im shooting only JPEG. I noticed that the white balance seemed to have to much purple. I have adjusted the WB in the setting and shift +1 in the green.

Anyone else noticed this.

Regards,

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