I had problems with red shifting to magenta with the Kodak DC260. I upgraded to the DC290 and have similar problems.

There's a sample of the problem at http://www.infar.co.uk/tim/p157.jpg (the stop sign should be red, not magenta).

Compare the pic taken with the DC290 at http://www.infar.co.uk/tim/p319.jpg with http://www.infar.co.uk/tim/adown.jpg (which was taken with a different make digicam)

Tim

-- Tim Cullis (tim.cullis@infar.co.uk), May 31, 2000

Answers

Tim, I have a 260 also but I have not experienced the red to magenta problem. However, I believe it is an acknowledged problem from Kodak that some of their CCD sensors do this. There is info on their web site about it along with a firmware fix that you can download and install on the camera. I don't know if it really fixes the problem, but they claim it does. Goodluck. Joe

-- Joe Peterson (jwpeterson@aol.com), June 01, 2000.

Hello Tim,

with great interest I read about your magenta problem. I too suffer or better said my camera and I, have similiar problems, especially with side-lit and back-lit objects/persons/products and machinery. I am at war with the camera maker, as I find this situation unacceptable. The time spent correcting this magenta-cast is awesome and very time-consuming. Too offset the magenta-cast, I use "hot-mirrors" and in most cases, 98% of the magenta-cast is eliminated. I am also very careful with the lighting, be it flash or available light, I make sure that any side- and/or back light reflecting towards the lens is "covered off" as this seems to be the major problem. The hot-mirror according to Kodak is supposed to "enrich" the colour satuaration and actually has nothing to do with the magenta-cast. It was only out of desparation, that I used this filter to find that it eliminated the magenta-cast....I pointed out this fact to the camera-maker and then suddenly it "was the known thing to use..." but they still cannot explain the magenta-cast... Another thing which might help you, when you have your digital images on the "contact-sheet", try using/clicking the pipette in various areas, that could eliminate the cast, sometimes it works very nicely. I will note your email address and if I can finally find out what causes this cast, I'll keep you informed. If you are interested, have a look at my website, almost all digital photos, there is a picture of a white sports-car. I can tell you that without the hot-mirror, that car would have had a nasty magenta-cast... www.gannet.vision.ch yours sincerely Guy Bernhardt

-- Guy Bernhardt (info@gannetvision.ch), June 03, 2000.

Guy

Thanks for the reply. I have solved the problem by handing the camera back to the shop and insisting on a full refund.

I don't know what 'hot mirrors' are supposed to do, but I notice Tiffen (tiffen.com) do a hot mirror filter for the DC260-65-90.

I enjoyed your web site once I realised the correct address (gannetvision.ch).

Tim

-- Tim Cullis (tim.cullis@infar.co.uk), June 05, 2000.