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  1. Webby

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    Does anybody know why cameras have such a hard time capturing shades of red accurately, especially in sunlight? And any tips for overcoming this problem?
     
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    I personally think MY Olympus does a great job.
    Here are 2 pics, taken around 2-3 weeks ago. Top pic is a mate behind the wheel of my 348 and I used his Sony Cybershot camera to take the pic for him. Bottom pic was taken with my Olympus Mju Mini. Both 5mp. Very different shades of red for sure. I reckon my Olympus does a great job reproducing the red shade. That Sony is crap IMO. Carl Zeiss lens in that one. Very average......
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  3. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Ten Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Sorry I cant answer that mate. :p:p
     
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  4. Webby

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  5. PAP 348

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    Hmmmmmmm.......must be your camera dude. Bin and buy an Olympus. :p:p
    What camera are you using BTW? :)
     
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  6. Webby

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    Pap did you realize yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of you registering on Fchat? :D
     
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    Cool. :)
    But how did you know that it was yesterday? It only says December 2005 up there. ;)
    1 year down and many more to come. :cool:
     
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    Well given that over 50% of Ferraris are red...........I think it is time to bin that camera ol son. :D:D
     
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    You put down 13k posts in one year?!? Damn... I don't know whether to be impressed or to ship some girls and beer off down under..
     
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    it's in your profile
     
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    Part of it is the time of day you take the photo, high noon is the worst. I too the pic in my profile using a Nikon Coolpix S4, I think it captures the red quite well...
     
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    You are more than welcome to do so........:eek::eek:
     
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    I found it. Thanks Jay D. ;)
     
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    Experiment with filters.

    Polarizing filter could help, and will improve the way the glass looks, too.

    Indirect lighting will help Don't shoot in bright sunlight if you can arrange not to.

    It's been a while since I wandered around photo sites, but I think a skylight filter might be of some help also.

    There are also color enhancing and color balancing filters if you really want to get it right.

    Check Cokin filters. http://www.cokin.co.uk/

    DM
     
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    A circular polarizer will certainly help kill the glare which is perhaps washing out the red in the images. You can post process in photoshop - play around with curves, hue/saturation to compensate.

    I found that my older camera didnt like illuminated reds - like my Audi's instrument cluster - I had to seat the camera to be able to take ashot without blur.
     
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    Sure. Do it. It'll give the rest of us a chance to catch up with posts....even Noah!
     
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    polarizer + photoshop = no prob.
     
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  22. Webby

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    Thanks everybody
     
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    Lets not go nuts here. :p:p
     
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  25. PAP 348

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    Cool pic! :):)
     
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