Is there a Camera without Purple Fringing?

[JimC]

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson 3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Robert MacLellan]

Yes, the Sony F505/F505V! Have a look at these samples. At the right side of the picture; about half way down; is a pot lid that has been positioned to glare off the studio lights. cameras that are going to have purple fringing will show it here!
http://ftp.digitalkamera.de/CoFo/SonyDSC-F505-T.jp
compare it to
http://ftp.digitalkamera.de/CoFo/NikonCoolpix950-T.jp

If you want other examples look at the Imaging resource Comparometer site and pick the "Test Box" samples.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM

You will see a similar metal reflector around the top/center of the box that does the same thing.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Tony Reynolds]

Jim:

The Fuji 4700 has very little fringing. I have noticed little if any chromatic abheration in the photos that I have printed from online sources. I'm still waiting for my own camera, but I expect clear images based on what I've seen...

TR

 

[JimC]

Thanks -- I'll take a look at it....

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Coly]

Is it really necessary to take pictures with tree limbs against a bright sky? I try to avoid this (lower the camera to get rid of the sky, or aim away from the tree branches) but otherwise I expect to do a bit of fixing in PhotoShop.

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst
than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright
sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[JimC]

Sorry Robert - found some F505 Pics of bare tree limbs against a bright sky -- same thing:

Purple Tree Limbs!

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=244393&a=1873523

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst
than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright
sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[JimC]

I'm having trouble finding pics from a Fuji 4700, with tree limbs against a bright sky....I found these from a Fuji 2900 (terrible purple fringing)...still looking fo 4700 pics:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=159903&a=1167861

Jim:

The Fuji 4700 has very little fringing. I have noticed little if any
chromatic abheration in the photos that I have printed from online
sources. I'm still waiting for my own camera, but I expect clear images
based on what I've seen...

TR

 

[Robert MacLellan]

Yes, some of the eary S70 shots that are still posted on the web (mostly on the Japanese sites) were from pre-production cameras and were pretty bad. Luckily, the camera has enough production model camera users now that lots of sample pages are being posted.

Zeiss says that, for digital cameras, some of the color artifacts can be the result of the CCD and the 3.3Mp cameras seem more prone to this.

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst
than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright
sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Tony Reynolds]

I'm having trouble finding pics from a Fuji 4700, with tree limbs against
a bright sky....I found these from a Fuji 2900 (terrible purple
fringing)...still looking fo 4700 pics:

Go to Steve's Digicams site. In his review of the Fuji4700 he has sample pics taken in any number of venues in Florida. Many have tree limbs/leaves against a bright sky. There are also some that have power lines, flag poles, etc against a bright sky. You will not see fringing.

TR

 

[rss]

I have both a Toshiba PDR-M1 (1.5MPixel) and a Nikon 950.

The PDR-M1 displays absolutely none of the purple fringing effects noticed in many of the 2 and 3 Mpixel cameras now available - so is it due to the optics, CCD imager or a combination?

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Ken Morris]

Hmmm.. I have never seen purple fringing on the photos that I have taken with the S70. Not saying it won't happen or doesn't exist, I've just not seen any.

-Ken

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst
than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright
sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Robert MacLellan]

You may be expecting too much of the camera if these shots are unacceptable. The review of the F505 at Imaging resource found chromatic abberation of only 0.03% which is quite good. The note about 2-3 pixels of coloration (they didn't report the same units as with the F505) for the S70 and about the same for the Nikon 950. On the other hand, they said that chromatic abberations in the Olympus 3030z were "fairly pronounced".

Sorry Robert - found some F505 Pics of bare tree limbs against a bright
sky -- same thing:

Purple Tree Limbs!

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=244393&a=1873523

 

[JimC]

Perhaps I'm expecting too much --

Here's an S70 shot with purple tree limbs (look at the second link for the full size pohoto).....there are lots of similiar shots from S70's on other Photo Sites:

http://www.pcphotoreview.com/gallery/cameras/view.cfm?ImageID=5169

http://www.pcphotoreview.com/gallery/cameras/real.cfm?ImageID=5169

-Ken

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst
than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright
sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[JimC]

I do consider these shots unacceptable.....Although, I'll admit that most of the shots from the Sony F-505 that I've looked at, are better (as far as purple fringing) than most of the other digicams..

But, there's something wrong with the tests (not enough light perhaps)...I've noticed that the aberrations are directly proportional to the amount of light entering the lens.....

I vote that the reviewers start a "bare tree limb against bright sky" test!

I don't have this problem with my Nikon N4004s 35mm Camera, and didn't expect it from my new Digital Camera!

Oh well...

Sorry Robert - found some F505 Pics of bare tree limbs against a bright
sky -- same thing:

Purple Tree Limbs!

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=244393&a=1873523

 

[Doug W]

I do consider these shots unacceptable.....Although, I'll admit that most
of the shots from the Sony F-505 that I've looked at, are better (as far
as purple fringing) than most of the other digicams..

But, there's something wrong with the tests (not enough light
perhaps)...I've noticed that the aberrations are directly proportional to
the amount of light entering the lens.....

I vote that the reviewers start a "bare tree limb against bright sky" test!

I don't have this problem with my Nikon N4004s 35mm Camera, and didn't
expect it from my new Digital Camera!

Nonsense! Go shoot some slide film on full auto - It won't be purple, but your blown highlights will be just as ugly.

Seriously Jim - instead of complaining about the limitations of the tools, learn how to manipulate the exposure settings of your camera to take the picture you want. All of the examples you have posted where the blooming has been bad have had the sky terribly overexposed - and some of the other ones you have complained about that have been properly exposed have been just silly - Bev's examples on the Epson forum where you have to blow the image up to 400% to see the occasional purple pixel, for example.

Full autoexposure will work most of the time, with most subjects, but it does have its limitations - when the lightest to darkest subjects in the photo cover more than 6 or so EV steps, almost ANY photographic medium is going to have problems at one end or the other - they just manifest them in different ways. Blooming on overexposed skies with a digicam may be a particularly offensive one that digicams have, but that is why you bought a camera with manual exposure controls and over-rides - to be able to adjust the camera's automatic settings in situations where experience tells you the camera won't get it right, or you are looking for a different effect.

I really don't want to start an argument, let alone a flame war, but as of your last message, you have posted 21 messages on this topic in the last day or so. You seem to want a camera that is going to autoexpose every shot perfectly every time - and no matter how much money you have to spend, there isn't such a beast -

-but good luck with your search.

D

Oh well...

Sorry Robert - found some F505 Pics of bare tree limbs against a bright
sky -- same thing:

Purple Tree Limbs!

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=244393&a=1873523

 

[Ken Morris]

Jim,

I guess you are right. At extreme magnification, I can kind of see what you are talking about, but barely. I have printed many pictures, but never at the magnification displayed (I think that the 3.3 megapixel images would be something like 20 x 18 inches). I generally bring it down to 8x10 or lower. At those levels, I really think it is not noticable at all.

I am not sure that ANY camera available today can do a much better job in eliminating fringing. I really don't (at least IMO) think that the pictures you referred me to are bad at all, but each individual can judge for themselves.

Good luck,
Ken

Here's an S70 shot with purple tree limbs (look at the second link for
the full size pohoto).....there are lots of similiar shots from S70's on
other Photo Sites:

http://www.pcphotoreview.com/gallery/cameras/view.cfm?ImageID=5169

http://www.pcphotoreview.com/gallery/cameras/real.cfm?ImageID=5169

-Ken

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst
than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright
sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[David S]

Doug,

I am glad someone finaly put some proper perspective on this subject.

But here are my views.

After reading this discussion I checked some of the pictures taken with my Casio QV3000.

The first picture I looked at had a very purple tree limb. But then I realized that

1) the limb was in the background and therefore would not be in focus, therefore colours would appear smeered.

2) the sky was way overexposed relative to the forest floor so some chromatic aberation should occur due to the extreme contrast.

3) the camera could probably have been held more steadily... camera movement=smeared objects.

So I found a 'fairer' picture and looked closely. If I realy looked close I could see some purple fringing as per some of the other sample photo's people had refered to but it was so slight as to be virtually non existent.

Maybe consider the following.

A) Pixels that are at the very edge of an object will pick up the average of the object and what is just behind it. Looks like the average of tree-branches and bright sky is purple.

B) The sky is not a point lite source and thus tends to 'bend' around the edge of objects. The thinner the object the better. Notice how a shadow does not have a solid edge but fades out at the edges (look closely). Even a point source will defract around the edges of an object and different wavelengths defract to different degrees. This is why lenses contain so many pieces... to try to compensate (at least within the lense) for the index of defraction of different wavelengths.

C) Tree branches can be quite hard to get a good picture of because they tend to be
1) thin
2) relatively far away
3) in motion

All these things add up to making tree branches a difficult subject for any camera. Maybe it is more obvious because digital camera resolutions are still not quite caught up to 35mm but I have seen these effects with 35mm in extreme contrast situations for sure.

Perhaps this new technology is receiving our closest scrutiny and maybe we do ask too much. To be frank I am ecstatic with the quality of digital photography today even when compared to SLR 35mm. Not bad for an enfant technology.

I do consider these shots unacceptable.....Although, I'll admit that most
of the shots from the Sony F-505 that I've looked at, are better (as far
as purple fringing) than most of the other digicams..

But, there's something wrong with the tests (not enough light
perhaps)...I've noticed that the aberrations are directly proportional to
the amount of light entering the lens.....

I vote that the reviewers start a "bare tree limb against bright sky" test!

I don't have this problem with my Nikon N4004s 35mm Camera, and didn't
expect it from my new Digital Camera!

Nonsense! Go shoot some slide film on full auto - It won't be purple,
but your blown highlights will be just as ugly.

Seriously Jim - instead of complaining about the limitations of the
tools, learn how to manipulate the exposure settings of your camera to
take the picture you want. All of the examples you have posted where the
blooming has been bad have had the sky terribly overexposed - and some of
the other ones you have complained about that have been properly exposed
have been just silly - Bev's examples on the Epson forum where you have
to blow the image up to 400% to see the occasional purple pixel, for
example.

Full autoexposure will work most of the time, with most subjects, but it
does have its limitations - when the lightest to darkest subjects in the
photo cover more than 6 or so EV steps, almost ANY photographic medium is
going to have problems at one end or the other - they just manifest them
in different ways. Blooming on overexposed skies with a digicam may be a
particularly offensive one that digicams have, but that is why you bought
a camera with manual exposure controls and over-rides - to be able to
adjust the camera's automatic settings in situations where experience
tells you the camera won't get it right, or you are looking for a
different effect.

I really don't want to start an argument, let alone a flame war, but as
of your last message, you have posted 21 messages on this topic in the
last day or so. You seem to want a camera that is going to autoexpose
every shot perfectly every time - and no matter how much money you have
to spend, there isn't such a beast -

-but good luck with your search.

D

Oh well...

Sorry Robert - found some F505 Pics of bare tree limbs against a bright
sky -- same thing:

Purple Tree Limbs!

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=244393&a=1873523

 

[Lin Evans]

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Robert MacLellan]

There is no picture, no matter what the recording media, that can't be destroyed through "extreme magnification". It has become a mania with some people to try and get larger and larger prints and it is largely foolishness. Film photographers don't print every shot they take at 8x10 In fact, most never make it past contact sheets. Millions of people with film cameras are quite pleased with borderless 4x6 prints and never think of 8x10s but... digital people... They HAVE to have 8x10...11x14...20x18!! crazy!

I guess you are right. At extreme magnification, I can kind of see what
you are talking about, but barely. I have printed many pictures, but
never at the magnification displayed (I think that the 3.3 megapixel
images would be something like 20 x 18 inches). I generally bring it
down to 8x10 or lower. At those levels, I really think it is not
noticable at all.

I am not sure that ANY camera available today can do a much better job in
eliminating fringing. I really don't (at least IMO) think that the
pictures you referred me to are bad at all, but each individual can judge
for themselves.

Good luck,
Ken

Here's an S70 shot with purple tree limbs (look at the second link for
the full size pohoto).....there are lots of similiar shots from S70's on
other Photo Sites:

http://www.pcphotoreview.com/gallery/cameras/view.cfm?ImageID=5169

http://www.pcphotoreview.com/gallery/cameras/real.cfm?ImageID=5169

-Ken

I did find some pictures on sites from the S70...they looked even worst
than the Epsons, with pictures of bare, thin tree limbs, against a bright
sky.....

I'll try to find some F505 pictures of similiar shots.

Does anybody makes a good digital camera? I've just bought an Epson
3000z, and it has purple fringing, when shooting pics of treetops against
a bright sky.......Now that I know what to look for (since I noticed it
in my shots, close examination of pics from other cameras shows the same
thing (worse for most).....I see purple fringing for similiar shots in
Nikons, Canons, Casios, Sonys, Olympus' and others!

The Nikon 990 seems to be less prone to the problem from the pics that
I've looked at....Pics from the Nikon 950 were terrible (purple
fringing).....the 990 seems to have improved some.

Does anybody have any suggestions......I can't seem to find a Digital
Camera without this problem, and I really wanted one with the ability to
record voice memos with pictures, but can't find one without PURPLE
FRINGING (CHROMATIC DISTORTION, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!

I've ruled out the Olympus 3030z and Sony S70 (their purple fringing is
just as bad as the Epsons -- perhaps worse).....Now, I'm starting to look
at cameras with movie mode only (i.e. Casion QV-3000ex), but I see purple
fringing with them too!

Is there a solution to this problem?

 

[Lin Evans]

I know there's no 6 megapixel Sony - but eliminating the problem is just about as impossible - Seriously, this problem is present in nearly all digicams under certain conditions. I've even seen slight blue fringe on some D1 shots and with 6 megapixel Kodaks which cost $30,000.

The best way to minimize it is to not shoot at full wide angle because this exacerbates the problem. Use a little telephoto and don't overexpose and the problem will be minimal or won't appear at all. Your Epson is probably as good as any other and the CP990 is no better in this regard.

Lin