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Old 06-13-2012, 08:52 PM
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The reason for incorrect colors with digital cameras is white balance not being set properly. Some cameras will not allow you to mess with this setting, which is why it's important to make sure you either have one that will allow you to mess with white balance or have a processing program that can make those changes (post processing).

My Pentax K20d has a bunch of different white balance modes, but they are only accessible in one of the manual modes (aperture or shutter priority or full manual). In auto mode, it guesses what the correct setting is. Because is guesses what the setting should be based on picture content, it's often wrong. It's worst with indoor fluorescent like tubes. Natural light it's right almost 100% of the time.
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