D7000 - problems with yellow-ish photos

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D7000 - problems with yellow-ish photos

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paeataa

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Hi there,

I have used my D7000 for about 3-4 months with 18-200 VRII.

I wondered if you could take a look at the photos I posted on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/radaphat/sets/72157627169067157/

Many photos appear to have yellow-ish or orange-ish tone on them. I think the problem has shown since I updated the D7000 firmware to version 1.02 (about a month ago). I tried to update it twice hoping that the problem would be gone. But it still shows the same problem ever since.

The problems do not consistently occur in every photo. I guess they randomly appear in some photos, and don't in others. I changed the white balance to Auto, sunny, and indoor to see if the yellow-ish and orange-ish tones appear only in particular white balance. But my assumption is that the problems also appear randomly on every white balance setting.

Today I switched the lens with my friends (18-105) and still found the same problems in some photos. Some of the photos on flickr were taken by my 18-200 and the 18-105. My friend used my lens on her D3100 and found NO problem. So, I guess the problem is from my camera.

I noticed that the problems occur only when I shoot papers/books. So far, I have not found any problems when taking scenery or portrait photos (though, it might occur later).

Has anyone ever heard or experienced similar problems? How should I solve them? It is very annoying because I have been taking photos for my research. These yellow/orange-ish photos are not usable :(

I tried googling for threads and possible solutions, but did not find anything useful. So, I hoped some of you might have some advice how to solve this issue.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you!!

Posted 1 year ago #
NikoDoby

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Since you only get this indoors the problem might just be the frequency of the lighting in the room.

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=677&page=3#post-20010

Posted 1 year ago #
Gareth

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it's you florescent lights. use a shutter speed of 1/50 or slower for full proof shooting. there are other options too, but can't be bothered going into it now. i have gone into it in detail on here before.

florescent lights pulse, your camera is capturing portions of a pulse. a slow shutter speed will capture the whole pulse.

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paeataa

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Thanks for your replies. Those options sound promising so far.

But I'm curious why the problem doesn't occur with my friend's D3100 with both 18-105 and 18-200. Does it have to do with sensor or anything else in D7000 that makes the photos under florescent lights different from D3100?

Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
Bland

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paeataa said:

But I'm curious why the problem doesn't occur with my friend's D3100 with both 18-105 and 18-200. Does it have to do with sensor or anything else in D7000 that makes the photos under florescent lights different from D3100?

Because your friend has his white balance set on auto.

Posted 1 year ago #
heartyfisher

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paeataa said:
Thanks for your replies. Those options sound promising so far.

But I'm curious why the problem doesn't occur with my friend's D3100 with both 18-105 and 18-200. Does it have to do with sensor or anything else in D7000 that makes the photos under florescent lights different from D3100?

Thanks!

As mentioned by gareth its the pulse of the florescent lights that is causing the colour bands .. so its likely that your friends shutter speed is lower than what you set yours at. since the pages dont move and you have a vr lens you should be able to get nice sharp photos at 1/30 or less .. but keep it at about 1/50 as suggested and if you still see the banding lower the shutter speed further.

Posted 1 year ago #
paeataa

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Alrighty! Thank you all very much :)

Posted 1 year ago #