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Hi guys I got myself a D2H on friday. On the same day I went to a friend's gig and shot a few pictures (whilst still carrying the D2H's box, so you know I never had time to get to know the cam) with my friend's 50mm AF, as my 18-70 is with Nikon service (after 1 $@^@$ing month!). Was a little too close for my liking since the place was pretty small and because I'm really used to shooting with zooms, but I thought a few shots came out alright..
Quick question.
Just the other day I took a few pictures with black things in it. One was a camera strap which is black. The other is a jacket which is dark grey. Now, I calibrated the WB on a white part with the same lighting as I took the picture, and so the WB was spot on. But, for some reason, the blacks and dark greys get a very noticible purple tint to them. They look dark purple. This has happened to me a few times before in the past.
No filters were used, and no flash.
Obviously, the cameras picking up something my eye's not. Could this be UV? Hm, next time I'll have to see if a UV filter helps.
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That's strange. Can you upload an example photo for us?
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What portion of the image did you meter for? Did you use spot metering, or allow the camera to average out the image as a whole with matrix metering?
IIRC a camera assumes an 18% grey for metering. So, if you overexposed the grey of the jacket due to the presence bright whites in the shot the jacket might appear purple.
Purple fringing, which can happen in high contrast shots, could also explain the phenomenon.
Try shooting the same scene, but this time using a bounce flash off the ceiling. See if this changes the appearance of your black jacket. Or, meter the shot using spot metering at various point in the composed shot to see if the purple shift still occurs.
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I got myself a D2H on friday. On the same day I went to a friend's gig and shot a few pictures (whilst still carrying the D2H's box, so you know I never had time to get to know the cam) with my friend's 50mm AF, as my 18-70 is with Nikon service (after 1 $@^@$ing month!). Was a little too close for my liking since the place was pretty small and because I'm really used to shooting with zooms, but I thought a few shots came out alright..
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