Camera displays incorrect colors J3 Emerge

[gonlaz]

Hi,

Was hoping this would be the correct place to post a question?

My camera, when I take photos indoors (haven't done much outdoors) seems to display colors incorrectly. I want to use the most concerning example here. Instead of purple, it displays blue. I am attaching two pictures as a visual. If there's anyone who can help out I'd greatly appreciate it.

The purple picture is the correct color, taken by my friend two seats down, mine is the blue one...very odd.

 

[Rukbat]

Check your white balance (or AWB).

 

[gonlaz]

Check your white balance (or AWB).

I went to app camera pro and WB is set to auto the +/- is at 0 and ISO is also auto. I'm afraid that I don't really understand what all that means but usually auto is good for default settings on average use stuff, no?

 

[gonlaz]

Anyone?

 

[Mooncatt]

I went to app camera pro and WB is set to auto the +/- is at 0 and ISO is also auto. I'm afraid that I don't really understand what all that means but usually auto is good for default settings on average use stuff, no?

Remember, auto mode is only a camera's best guess based on how it was programmed to analyze a scene. So right out of the gate, some will do better than others in tricky situations like this. So you'll sometimes have to use manual mode.

If the white balance is off, adjust that until what you see on the screen preview is as close to the real world colors as possible. This still may not give you 100% accuracy due to limitations in the app and the color accuracy of the screen.

The +/- button is exposure compensation. If at zero, the camera takes the shot similar as if it were on auto mode. If you change this value, going up makes the exposure brighter, and going down makes the exposure darker. If you start manually adjusting the ISO and shutter speed, this option will lock out and change to an exposure meter, as explained below.

ISO and shutter speed control how bright an image is. Increasing the ISO will make the sensor more sensitive to light. This makes the camera better able to take photos in low light, but the trade-off is it'll increase image noise and may result in lower overall quality. Generally you'll want to keep this as low as possible to keep the noise down. The shutter controls how long the sensor is active, usually in fractions of a second but can be several seconds long. The longer it's active, the more light it gathers for a brighter image and vice versa. The trade-off here is longer shutter speeds mean a greater risk of blurring as things move or your hand shakes the camera.

As you change these values, or move the camera into different lighting without changing them, you'll notice the exposure meter will start changing on its own. If you increase the ISO or slow down the shutter, the meter will go up, and vice versa. Zero on the meter is a neutral exposure based on what the app thinks is "correct." But this is only a guide and based on what is immediately in view. It doesn't necessarily know what your subject is or that the lighting is about to change when time to take the actual photo. Because of this, there will be times you'll have to move away from zero to get the photo you want instead of what some programmer thought you wanted.