Canon SX10 IS owners - Too much Red on the LCD screen?

[redplaneta]

Hello all, first of all I'm glad I've found this Forum for Canon shooters.

Ok...I got a Canon SX10 IS for X-mas and I'm a bit frustrated 'cause I have the impression that I'll need to return it as defective, which is a bummer for me.

I opened my SX10 and started shooting some snapshots of my kids opening up their x-mas presents, since I previously owned a Canon S3IS I was pretty familiar with all the controls and feel of the camera, so picture taking was a breeze. It was 12 AM, so all the pics were indoors flash snapshots.

After taking around 50 shots I started reviewing the results on the camera's LCD (I use the EVF with review turned off when I shoot), and then my frustration started kicking in. All of the pics look pretty crappy, and although at first I was not able to say what was exactly wrong, after taking a few extra shots I finally got it: All of the pics had the "Red" component kind of oversaturated. It's not like the whole image has a Red hue, it's just that when there's Red present on the image that color seems to have more saturation than the rest.

The key was the pics I tooked of my wife and the kids beside the x-mas tree, because one of my kids had a Red T-shirt and when I saw those pics on the LCD (or the EVF) my son's T-shirt looked like it would pop-up of the screen. My wife took a pic of me and my older son and his skin looked normal (5 year old kid with "kid-perfect" skin), but my "34-year-old adult skin" looked pretty bad, with those normal "red rashes" beside the lips being very noticeable.

In the morning I took out the Camera's SD Card and downloaded the pics to my laptop... The big surprise??. All of the pics looked great on the computer, so I concluded that the "crappiness" was only at the Camera's LCD and EVF level.

Have anyone experienced something like this with their SX10 or any other Canon?. I'm definitely picky when it comes to "screens" in general, being capable of spotting details and flaws that other people won't notice.

If I got a defective unit I would think that the problem is located at the chip that renders images to be sent to the screens, because the images look similar on both the LCD and EVF.

Returning the camera and getting a new one would be a pain in the ... for me, because I got this camera on a short trip to the US and then I took it back home (South America).

Well... your opinions and comments would be very welcome, it just feel good to "let it out" and share the experience on the forum.

Thanks in advance.

Jorge

[Neel350]

Yes. mine one too.....it looks reddish...can't get the actual idea of color until I transfered to the PC.

compared to A720....A 720 is much better LCD & have protective glass.

[Jon]

I don't notice it on mine.

[tigerotor77w]

Are you able to post a picture of the LCD with the oversaturated red? I haven't noticed it on my S3...

[jetherson]

Actually, I think it's the same on mine too. But I also think the red is still a bit oversaturated even when I have been reviewing them on my PC. May because I was often using iContrast before? And I am also often using Vivid Color on my shots. Hmnnn...

I need to check again, since these past few days, I have disabled iContrast and am now using Custom Colors (boosted Green & Blue a bit). I had to edit Custom Colors because I really noticed the red oversaturation before.

Ciao.

[redplaneta]

Hey guys,

Could it be an issue with a particular lot of these cameras?. This is a fairly new Camera on Canon's roster, so I'd guess the amount of different "Lot #" out there should be relatively small. So far 3 of us has noticed the "Reddish" and 2 has not.

Is there a way to identify a particular series or Lot # on these cameras?

I'll try to take a Pic of the screen with the red oversaturation with my Nokia N82, but it might be a bit difficult to accomplish a good result (even though the N82 has one of the best cameras on a phone out there).

Jetherson... try to confirm what you mentioned on your message, that is if the reddishness on your case would be a matter of iContrast+Vivid, or if your camera also has the red oversat without using those two options.

BTW... I was able to get a hold of a SD card that I used with my Canon S3 before I sold it on eBay. The card still had a series of pics taken with that camera, so I put that SD into the SX10 and upon reviewing those pics on the LCD I was able to confirm the thing. Pics that looked perfectly balanced on the S3 LCD had the Red Oversaturation when reviewed on the SX10.

Thanks for all your messages.

Jorge

[Jon]

Well, I will say that one universal truth about digital photography is that the only thing you can rely on your camera's LCD for is composition.