Overly-red image on Nikon D300

Reoil · 16-01-2011 04:09PM #1

Hi Folks,
I'm recently been taking a good few photos at christenings/birthdays etc.
A lot of the image are coming out overly red - for example, people's faces look really red when, in real life, they look fine.

I haven't changed anything on the camera, to my knowledge.
Any ideas?

Cheers.

Cakes. · 16-01-2011 04:10PM

Your white balance could be off. Try changing it and see if it makes a difference.

Zillah · 16-01-2011 04:33PM

Definitely a white balance issue, probably set to daylight while you're shooting under tungsten. Can you post an example?

smelltheglove · 16-01-2011 04:42PM

Can I ask is it on camera or on the computer. if its on camera then it is a wb issue if its on computer you need to recallibrate.

Reoil · 16-01-2011 05:17PM

White balance is set to auto. The image on the camera is too small for me to have noticed, by be fair. Don't just have an example to hand.
Strange that it's only affecting reds...

smelltheglove · 16-01-2011 06:00PM

Best thing for you is to take it out and take a few sample images. Put the pics on the laptop and card back in the camera and compare one to the other. Often on my d300 my image is perfectly exposed but on screen it is under slightly as my screen is a tad bit bright but this can be seen by comparing one against the other.

melekalikimaka · 16-01-2011 06:02PM

i know earlier nikons were slightly on the red side in general, and usually required some adjustment pp,tho didnt think it was with the d300

CabanSail · 16-01-2011 10:27PM

Some more information please.

Are we talking about the look of the default RAW file?

If you are shooting JPEG, then what defaults have you selected in the D300?

Have you tried doing a Factory Reset?

Overly-red image on Nikon D300

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