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I found this with the d300 but this is completely different. Some people do say the two cameras are similar so I do wonder if there is a variablity on batches.

I have the 24-70, 70-200 VR, 50mm 1.8. They all give simlar results. I've tried the D2x profiles but these don't really affect the cast nor setting the wb but I may be doing something wrong. I now tend to use Lightroom's adobe rgb profile (hated it before), just to get some of the yellow out...

Thanks Scott & Adam for the confirmation. I bought the camera from Park Cameras - new and shutter was 0 or 1. What's odd is that to get rid of this yellow cast that is about the way it needs to go although to the left or right a bit maybe. Do either of you have a problem with colour...

I recently upgraded to a D700 and am very pleased with it although I found the pics a tad on the yellowish side. I had discovered the adjustment grid SHOOTING MENU > WHITE BALANCE which brings up the colour grid which allows both A-B and G-M adjustments. Whilst investigating this I...

Thank Peter, That first one is interesting. I see a washed pink and a bit patchy and the yellow seems oversaturated. The other pink flower although darker seems similar in quality. Yet I do wonder how far off I can be when I look at pictures like these...

At some point I will have to go LCD. Dreading it though they are getting better but a minefield out there. :) I've seen this problem with calibrating certain monitors too. Mine is odd the way the color Munki insists on lowering the contrast to 10%. On the owner's LCD he didn't have any...

Yes Martyn, I'm going to do a factory reset on this in a bit and just get it back to defaults. I tend to leave it on standard picture control but once in Capture I often try neutral to see if the picture is better. Calibration: I borrowed a Huey pro to do one set and a color Munki to...

Just to show what happens to those odd spots which seem to react differently to the other tones.. I'm not doing a good job in explaining this am I. :-) It may be lighting but I have a couple of photos done of Jessica a couple of months later on the same day with flash. One displays the...

You may be right about the flash, rather than bright, the colour of the patches knocks me back. Looking closely at the large pic you posted of it in LR, the yellow to red transitions delimiting parts of the face is more aparent which but I note this profile is a bit more red than mine. I did...

Thanks Peter, I'll look at some different software as you suggest. I use Capture NX2 and Lightroom generally. If I've got time I'll prefer Capture as it's Nikon's own software and pretty good. Calibration was a problem with me but relatively I can look at images from others and see a...

Yes it looks ok. I was trying to get you to look at the areas at the bridge of the nose and the top right. Pale patches. These didn't exist on the subject and I don't know why they turn up on skin tones. If you play with levels these areas seem to 'stick' - when you darken the image for instance...

Thanks for the kind words. I'm sure no one is forcing you to read this thread. Perhaps you should 'get some brass ones and learn' to move on when you don't like what you read. It's easy enough to do. And AFAIK a 'troll' is "someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic...

It was new when I got it but not in warranty now. This was a gradual process, I just had problems adjusting images and it never really occured to me why. I lost inspiration and confidence till a while ago I began to question why it was. I used to take a lot of photos, I just don't want to pick...

Sure, the d70 had the previous version of picture control and the settings I had then are not that similar but rest assured when comparing I've taken all the settings off in Capture NX2 and even set the standard picture control on and it still looks smooth and pleasing in tones. I see none of...

Hi thanks for the suggestions, I have tried virtually everything I can. I did try to lower the contrast as the D70s soft rich tones seem to start off less contrasty however, I don't get rich tones with the d300 although lowering the contrast gives a bit more latitude. I do find it difficult...