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xCustomx · Joined: 06 Jan 2006

When taking pictures with a DSLR, my photos usually have an orange tint to them. This happens when I set the aperture to 4 or 5.6. Any ideas why I'm getting this discoloration? This happened today both indoors and out. Is it a matter of setting the auto white balance? Thanks

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

I suppose I would have guessed white balance, but if it's inside and outside that might not be it. You should at least try fiddling with it and find out if that's the problem.

superdave · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: over there ----->

it depends on your white balance settings and your camera's configurations.

on most dslrs, auto white balance wont create an orange cast both indoors and outdoors. and auto white balance should work just fine in 80% of situations.

if you've fiddled with the configurations too much, you might have inadvertently set the camera to produce some freaky colours.

put the camera on auto everything (including auto white balance) and take some more shots.

if the shots are still orange, empty your card and do a full reset on your camera (reset your camera to factory defaults via the menu). unfortunately, this will also reset your photo count and other settings ... but it's your basis for working out where the problem is coming from.

make sure your white balance is set to auto.

take a few photos.

if the camera is still creating the orange cast, with factory settings all on 'default', then you've likely got a hardware problem. take it to your manufacturer's after service centre.

i know this sounds silly, but if you have more than one lens, see if the problem is occurring on other lenses. it's freakish, but the coating on a lens (or some problem with glass) could be creating the problem.

99% this is probably just a white balance issue or configuration issue.
01% it's a hardware problem.

it's really unlikely to be anything else.

oh ... and read some tutorials about white balance ... it's handy to know what kind of results white balance gets in different conditions ... then you can learn to spot problems as they happen.