Faulty CCD?

[JustinStacey.x]

I bought a Panasonic DMC-Fz20 bridge camera a week ago now and I have noticed that on some photos bright white areas come out pink - but this only happens on ISO 80 and ISO 100, and I have found that if I decrease the exposure value a little, I can get around it. If I use ISO 200 or ISO 400, the pictures come out perfectly clear though no matter what the brightness.

I have also noticed that videos tend to do this as well however I seem to have gotten around it also but this time by increasing the exposure value.

I got the camera off Amazon for a bargain price and since it works well otherwise, and I have found workarounds for the above, it doesn't bother me that much, but, is there a chance it could get steadily worse? I am hoping not but if the prognosis is bad I will end up sending it back.

it is kind of odd that lowering the sensor's sensitivity exacerbates the issue, I would expect, if anything, the higher sensitivities to be worse.

 

[Dennis]

I find much the same thing happens with my Fuji S9500 although the problem is generally minimised by ensuring the correct lighting selection is made (shade, sunlight, etc). It most noticeable on dull days when the sky is overexposed; adjusting the RGB levels in photoshop really brings out the red tinge and it is often being necessary to correct red separately; here is an example where I have not made the correction; the sky was initially totally washed out. (I've intentionally left the image like it is as one day I might get around to using it as a BVE texture; it will be dead easy to cut out the sky with it being like it is.)

On really bright, sunny days the opposite problem can occur - too much blue. I guess adjusting the colour temperature will also provide an easy way of correcting the problem.

 

[Old Timer]

I had a problem where my Canon was over-exposing.

It turned out that the ECD was faulty.

Personally I would return it for replacement. Photoshopping and workarounds are fine but you did not pay for that.

The fact that you paid a good price on Amazon is irrelevant. They were happy to sell at that price, and they do not sell faulty goods.

If you contact them you will find they are very customer friendly.

 

[Saltleyman]

I had a problem where my Canon was over-exposing.

That must have been a gruesome sight OT !

 

[Old Timer]

It was ..... trust me !

 

[Rebus]

It sounds like it is slightly over exposing (no necessarily the cameras fault) and the white balance/colour balance is slightly out.
A picture would be helpful...

 

[mumrar]

Yes, an example picture would help us out. It could just as easily by white balance set incorrectly