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X100 series EVF not as accurate?

Started Sep 26, 2017 | Discussions thread
MarcosV Veteran Member • Posts: 6,522
Re: X100 series EVF not as accurate?

retroactivity wrote:

Not sure if this has been discussed before, but the EVF on my x100s and also my F model do not represent color the same way as my other fuji X cameras. Specifically, my x100s EVF colors look muted, especially in bright situations, and reds always come through as pink or orange, but never a true red. This is not the case with my XE2, which looks pretty accurate to what the file ends up looking like. Is this a by-product of the hybrid EVF versus a dedicated EVF?

On my X100S, when I toggle between OVF/EVF, I find that the color and brightness levels of the EVF closely matches the OVF to the point sometimes I get fooled into thinking I was in OVF mode when I actually was in EVF.

However, when I playback an image in the EVF, it does look a bit off.  I haven't tried comparing EVF vs. the rear LCD.

On my X-E1/X-E2/X-T1/X-T2 cameras, I did notice that I had to tweak the LCD brightness and contrast if i wanted the image playbacks to look a bit more in-line with how the images would look on my PC's calibrated monitor.  I usually don't bother because I'm not looking to judge color in-camera in the first place (aside from noticing grossly messed up white balance settings).

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