Beautiful Sony A7 II Colour

[iseeu]

I just repurchased a Sony A7 II to accompany my D750 for smaller size and lighter weight carry around camera, I am impressed with the image quality and the color it produces, no need a Fuji camera to get the beautiful colour, what do you think? Should I sell my D750 and buy more Sony lenses?

 

[pimuk]

Sony all the way for color.

 

[ttan98]

Nice images are these images OOC(in Jpg) or post processed?

 

[biza43]

Should I sell my D750 and buy more Sony lenses?

No.

 

[iseeu]

Nice images are these images OOC(in Jpg) or post processed?

#3,4,8,9 SOOC Jpeg, other were post processed in Lightroom from uncompressed raw.

 

[iseeu]

Should I sell my D750 and buy more Sony lenses?

No.

 

[Everythingis1]

Based on the pictures that you have taken here, you might really like the Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro lens. It fits well between your 28mm and 85mm lenses; it's the same 3 lens kit I use.

 

[AlphaPhotography]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.

 

[iseeu]

Based on the pictures that you have taken here, you might really like the Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro lens. It fits well between your 28mm and 85mm lenses; it's the same 3 lens kit I use.

Thank you for your suggestion about the 50mm macro, maybe I will try it at the store.

 

[iseeu]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.

 

[Docno]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.

 

[AlphaPhotography]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.

 

[AlphaPhotography]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.

 

[billzilla]

I took his JPEG into PS and if anything, his facial skin tones lean to orange. Not yellow, and they don't come across oversaturated (no banding, loss or apparent range or hard RGB peaks). There's a bit of an orange-red cast because of the model's hair, the brick wall and lighting dynamics/volume.

I use Camera Profiles in LR. No problems with skin tones. If you really want to see cameras with real color issues, there's plenty of them out there (not naming models or names). When looking for a problem or lacking sufficient LR chops, even a Canon 5D can cause WB issues for some, just look at the Canon forum.

 

[mujana]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.

 

[Astrophotographer 10]

I just repurchased a Sony A7 II to accompany my D750 for smaller size and lighter weight carry around camera, I am impressed with the image quality and the color it produces, no need a Fuji camera to get the beautiful colour, what do you think? Should I sell my D750 and buy more Sony lenses?

I find with my A7r2 that I do need to boost saturation, clarity, vibrance etc a bit.

With my Batis 25 I found sometimes bright light green foliage was too birght and I had to adjust the yellows.

Usually its fast and easy to do but I do tweak my RAW images a little. Sometimes not much at all sometimes a bit more.

Fuji tend to be better straight out of the camera. I don't recall having any attention on my previous Canon cameras. Nikon D800e was a tad green/yellow biased as well.

Colour is also affected by lens coatings. Zeiss tend to be warmer for example.

Greg.

 

[yangz]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.

 

[User5748304961]

Yes.

 

[Frits]

Just my experience: I come from many years with Nikon (from the D1x to my last one, the D4). About a year and a half ago I made a full switch to Sony (A7II) and I love it!

I shoot only in RAW and process with the DXO software. The colors that I get with my Sony files simply are among the very best that I have ever had.

 

[AlphaPhotography]

I'm a huge Sony fan and I've never liked the colors out of my Sony bodies (A6000, A6300, A7II, A7RII). I think it mostly has to do with skin tones (which are often in my shots), Sony's tendency to lean towards green/yellow compared to say, Canon leaning red, and poor auto white balance. Your portrait shots are good examples of this. They are beautiful shots, but simply not the colors/wb I prefer for portraits.

In fact, I plan on making a thread this weekend about these issues and easier ways to overcome them. I've tried custom LR profiles, the colorchecker passport, tweaking hues, using the LR WB dropper tool + further tweaking.

On many shots I can never get the skin tones (and overall colors) I want. This is both indoors under artificial light and outdoors. Sometimes the results are so poor that I wonder if I inadvertently have some setting on (like a -10 in camera WB). But all my settings appear to be neutral and I only shoot RAW.

I've found that certain software/profiles make a huge difference so I think it has a lot to do with the software's RAW file interpretation. As an example I've found the Fuji S5 profile on DxO Optics Pro 11 to make a substantial difference in the color rendering, making skin tones look closer to where I want them (neutral) but unfortunately also making the overall scene a bit less contrasty and vibrant than I desire.