EVF color questions

[Mark Phelan]

All, I'm playing with my camera a bit and learning gobs AND heaps with how it operates. We're having much fun, I should say.

My question that I can't seem to really understand is the white balance and the EVF. I took my gray card and did an Auto WB and it did adjust, but the colors are still bizarre. Some are sort of close, some are a mile off, like a red shirt looking magenta, light magenta.

Now it is the evening here and I'm in my office with fluorescent lighting, so I know that's probably causing some (all?) of my issues. Is there something else I'm not focusing on? I don't have an Intel machine here to play with the RAW file, so I can't compare. Mainly just trying to see if the EVF is always funky with its colors. They seem way too saturated.

Thanks for your suggestions.

[Stuart English]

What camera firmware are you using at the moment?

[Mark Phelan]

Just got my camera a week ago, so I'm the latest, build 16.

[Mark Pugh]

Timecode slate numbers are magenta, as are lips. Skintone can be greenish.
Colors look posterised. Colors are also bad on HD-SDI out to a Panasonic 17" monitor. Red LCD looks very different - cooler color. The banding is there, as always, but far less posterized. build 16 (3.2.4)

[Stuart English]

That is clearly not right. P.M me any additional details if you wish... .

Also, upgrade to the release build (Build 16 V3.2.5) - as that may resolve the banding in the LCD issue...

[Mark Phelan]

Stuart,

I'm 3.2.5 build and the colors the other Mark mentioned seem similar to what I'm seeing in the EVF, skintone greenish, lips magenta, etc. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mark

[Stuart English]

Mark, please P.M me with your exact setup?

[MJ KERBER]

Mark,

I've noticed colors in the EVF, when in RedSpace viewing mode, to be over-saturated as well. You can dial down the saturation in the menus.

Don't worry though, in my experience it has no effect on the RAW file.