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Samsung WB250F - is there an issue with AWB indoors?

Started Jan 18, 2014 | Questions
James_lpool
James_lpool Contributing Member • Posts: 641
Samsung WB250F - is there an issue with AWB indoors?

Hi, just got the WB250F after reading a lot of good reviews on it, i have had a little mess with it and updated the fw as there was one, i done the fw mainly to see if it fixed an issue i kept getting with the AWB in my flat, all whites look overly white and the picture in general is a little bright.

when i set the AWB to other settings such as incandescent and tungsten the picture looks much better and no where near as bright and washed out, but im a little disappointed if i have to keep setting this every time i take a pic indoors.

Is this the same for anyone else who has this camera, or is it just mine?

James

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Raw Jaw
Raw Jaw Senior Member • Posts: 2,662
Re: Samsung WB250F - is there an issue with AWB indoors?

James_lpool wrote:

Hi, just got the WB250F after reading a lot of good reviews on it, i have had a little mess with it and updated the fw as there was one, i done the fw mainly to see if it fixed an issue i kept getting with the AWB in my flat, all whites look overly white and the picture in general is a little bright.

when i set the AWB to other settings such as incandescent and tungsten the picture looks much better and no where near as bright and washed out, but im a little disappointed if i have to keep setting this every time i take a pic indoors.

Is this the same for anyone else who has this camera, or is it just mine?

James

Thanks for your post.

Just checked my WB250F and indeed the AWB is washed out of color and a bit brighter compared not only to Tungsten WB but compared to the scene as my eyes see it.
Infact the Tungsten WB is a 'perfect' match to the scene before me.

I can't find the FW notation in the menu.

Guess I will shoot P instead of Auto so that I can set my WB to Tungsten, thanks to your post.

ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Re: Samsung WB250F - is there an issue with AWB indoors?

Hmm, well, auto is never perfect.  Maybe you guys could test that out in a wider range of scenarios and figure out if it is a systematic issue that should have a firmware patch or just the little bit of flakiness all auto white balance systems have.

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Re: Samsung WB250F - is there an issue with AWB indoors?

You say indoors but do not actually say what sort of lighting - natural, tungsten, low energy bulbs?

I find with nearly every camera I have had that low energy bulbs fool the auto WB and need to be set to Tungsten to get it right or use custom WB if available. They are incandescent but probably coated to give a warmer light which is not in the presets.

James_lpool wrote:

Hi, just got the WB250F after reading a lot of good reviews on it, i have had a little mess with it and updated the fw as there was one, i done the fw mainly to see if it fixed an issue i kept getting with the AWB in my flat, all whites look overly white and the picture in general is a little bright.

when i set the AWB to other settings such as incandescent and tungsten the picture looks much better and no where near as bright and washed out, but im a little disappointed if i have to keep setting this every time i take a pic indoors.

Is this the same for anyone else who has this camera, or is it just mine?

James

Raw Jaw
Raw Jaw Senior Member • Posts: 2,662
Re: Samsung WB250F - is there an issue with AWB indoors?

Yes, you are correct and your post applies to my report above.

I have standard tungsten.

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