Is there a Camera without Purple Fringing?

[Lin Evans]

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?

Most of the lower resolution cameras have less of this problem. It's probably a combination of too many pixels on too small a CCD with optics which can't accommodate the combination. Even with the lower resolution cameras, it's possible to get this condition though not nearly as often. I've seen it on the Toshiba and also on my Sony D770 and D700 in certain cases. The better the lens, the less likely it is to see it, but even with Nikon's best lens on a D1, under the right conditions it's happened. When the D1 first came out, someone published a picture of a suspension bridge and there was a slight blue fringe where some of the guy wires met the sky. When you are dealing with a combination of red, blue and green filtering handled separately then combined, it's rare that everything works perfectly. There are many factors which contribute to the condition and if you know up front that it's likely to happen in high contrast scenes, you can minimize the probability by bracketing your exposures, or in the worst case, just put it into PhotoShop and handle it there.

Lin

 

[Jim T]

I agree the Sony F505 photos on the ftp site referenced are impressive. This really shows the true colours. Only problem I see on this site is the camera I ordered (OLY3030) isn't featured.

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, they really need to get some newer camera samples.

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?

 

[Leon Wittwer]

I've had several Kodaks including a 290. I've never had fringing problems with any of these cameras. Kodak makes its own ccds and that may have something to do with this. I've also had the suspicion that some of the fringing may be due to over sharpening at already sharp features. Kodaks are somewhat softer and this may be why Kodaks don't seem to exhibit fringing. It would be interesting to see if there is any correlation between fringing and ccd makers.

 

[max]

You ARE dealing with people willing to deal with the cutting edge of technology,
Besides the whinnies w/more cash than brains.

Most people on this thread will be in the first category and therefore they will be pushing the envelope of possible.....
Max

It has become a mania with
some people to try and get larger and larger prints and it is largely
foolishness.

but... digital people... They HAVE to have

8x10...11x14...20x18!! crazy!

Jim,

 

[Leon Wittwer]

Actually I print a lot of 8x10 prints that I display on the walls of my home and office for folks to see. My 8x10 and larger have been displayed in libraries and other places on occasion. This afternoon, I printed an 11x43 panorama of the Grand Canyon that I took last September. There was about 30 million pixels in the print. There are quite a lot of us who do large format photographs using digital images and stitching techniques. Only larger prints do justice to these images.

It has become a mania with
some people to try and get larger and larger prints and it is largely
foolishness.

but... digital people... They HAVE to have

8x10...11x14...20x18!! crazy!

Jim,