Canon RED?

[Bandit]

Is it me or do Canon camers overdo the saturation in anything that is RED What is the best way to control this in camera ( 40D)?

[george.monaghan]

Hi bandit,

canon cameras can change the colour balance in the menu. If you think it is too red then just change it!

Cannot say I have noticed it in the 40D - but early days yet.

[Bandit]

Hi bandit,

canon cameras can change the colour balance in the menu. If you think it is too red then just change it!

Cannot say I have noticed it in the 40D - but early days yet.

Hi George, go on then give us a clue where in the menu??

[george.monaghan]

Hi,

Look at the WB shift/bkt (menu 2) and move the cursor to more blue etc. You can alter this to any value/colour you prefer.

This should decrease any colour shift in the camera.

In picture style you can also change the colour tone by altering "saturation" or "Colour tone"..

[Alan W]

Andy (Photo3) has just bought a 40D and I would be interested to hear how the colours compare with his 5d's and his recently sold 20d. But a couple of questions Mr Bandit. Is this your first Canon? The reason I ask is that Nikon images tend to be on the cold side and Canon on the warm and you will really notice this if you have changed from one to the other. Also, are you shooting RAW or jpeg? You should also make sure that the camera is set to sRGB cour space not Adobe 1998. If you are shooting jpeg (or any of the auto modes that make the camera default to jpeg) then what picture style are you using (ie standard, neutral). Finally, is your monitor callibrated? You can't properly judge any colour, saturation, temperature or contrast of an image from any camera unless you have a reasonably good monitor that has been callibrated.

[TheVDM]

I know my cameras in a slightly different range from those being mentioned here (350D) but I have noticed that reasonably often the images are fairly dull in colour, so I shoot them in RAW and up the colour levels in PS.

Jym

[dusktildawn]

Andy (Photo3) has just bought a 40D and I would be interested to hear how the colours compare with his 5d's and his recently sold 20d. But a couple of questions Mr Bandit. Is this your first Canon? The reason I ask is that Nikon images tend to be on the cold side and Canon on the warm and you will really notice this if you have changed from one to the other. Also, are you shooting RAW or jpeg? You should also make sure that the camera is set to sRGB cour space not Adobe 1998. If you are shooting jpeg (or any of the auto modes that make the camera default to jpeg) then what picture style are you using (ie standard, neutral). Finally, is your monitor callibrated? You can't properly judge any colour, saturation, temperature or contrast of an image from any camera unless you have a reasonably good monitor that has been callibrated.

Hi Alan,
Why would you want to use sRGB as opposed to adobe 98. The latter has a greater gamut. I've been led (possiby wrongly) to believe that Adobe 98 can reproduce a greater amount of colours for, primarily, print. sRGB is the preferred colour space for web/monitors?

[Alan W]

Yes it does have a wider gamut and is relevant if you are printing adobe 1998. But 99.9% of printers and labs are only able to print sRGB. This is a much debated subject but in reality, the web is sRGB, everyone prints sRGB so there is no reason to shoot adobe 1998. Some die hards will tell you otherwise but it is crap. Canon advise you in their camera manuals that adobe 1998 is a specialist format used by printers (not photographic) and requires specialist knowledge. The two most important factors that affect the end result are shooting in RAW and screen callibration.