1DMII and Reds

[scottbergerphoto]

I found this link at Rob Galbraith's forum. It's a good review of the "Red's Issue" with the 1DMII.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E1D2/E1D2A8.HTM
If you don't care to read it, I'll summarize. The problem of blown out reds does exist with the 1D Mark II and it isn't just an exposure problem(as I had previously thought :o ). You can avoid blown out reds by shooting Raw, using Adobe RGB, and using DPP to convert. If you shoot jpeg, use Adobe RGB.
Scott

[Belmondo]

Thanks for summarizing for us, Scott. I generally do all those things anyway, so I'm guessing that's why I never had the problem.

[Anders Östberg]

I've only seen the red problem once or twice, in images I overexposed a lot. I do shoot RAW most of the time and this helps as there's a bigger margin for saving poorly exposed shots (I get too many of of those :)). Could very well be more to it than this, but I believe overexposure is the main culprit.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I too had not come across this issue,.. of course I've been shooting RAW AdobeRGB from day one...

[scottbergerphoto]

Another reason to stay with Adobe RGB.
Scott