Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!komachi.sp.cs.cmu.edu!news.moat.net!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator2-maxim!news-in-maxim.spamkiller.net!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!news.starcat.ne.jp!not-for-mail From: "Tesselator" Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras,fj.comp.dev.digital-camera,rec.photo.digital Subject: Re: Canon vs. Nikon ---> Picture quality Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 06:13:44 +0900 Organization: STARCAT InterNetNews site Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <9dJIa.2716$eM5.1038@fe08.atl2.webusenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: b194019.usr.starcat.ne.jp X-Trace: catv02.starcat.ne.jp 1056143768 20924 61.213.194.19 (20 Jun 2003 21:16:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: admin@starcat.ne.jp NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Jun 2003 21:16:08 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:273 "Rick" wrote in message news:bcvntq$nmalg$1@ID-82690.news.dfncis.de... > "Prestonzee" wrote in message news:9dJIa.2716$eM5.1038@fe08.atl2.webusenet.com... > > > http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/A70/FULLRES/A70INFP1.HTM > > > > > http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/CP3100/FULLRES/CP31INFFP3.HTM > > > > > > What color is this woman's blouse? I see it as either bright pink or beige. > > It can only be one. How can these almost identical pictures appear to be so > > different? > > Light levels. And white balance isn't set properly in either shot -- > look at the wall behind the subject. Even with the red cast the > Canon image has much truer colors. > > RickW Yup. Plus: it almost looks like there might be a colored light source or a light with a mercury filament -- Or something nearby that is very red, /reflecting/ light. Or... O :-) -- Nikon's auto-white bal. sucks btw, If you have a Nikon that let's you "Measure" your own white balance "Preset" use it. That's all models from CoolPix up to the D-series. I have a white swatch hanging off the camera strap of nearly every camera I own.