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Hello together, I bought my A6500 3 weeks ago. I was on vacation with it, so i already have taken 4k photos with it. And overall, i like the camera, especial the large number of setting options. But i have a problem with taking photos from flowers. Especially pink and purple coloured flowers came out a lot to red on the photo. I never saw this effect before, when i was taking pictures with my mobile phone. So i decided to do an comparison. And this confirmed this problem. The mobile phone camera does not always match the color perfectly, but it is definitely much better than the A6500. I also tried to do a manual white balance. But even the most extreme setting didn't come close to producing the right colour. But all the other colors were wrong. Here are a few sample images: My Camera: - Sony Alpha 6500 (firmware 1.04.) - Sony Emount E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS (Firmware v04) A1: mobile phone: nearly perfect colour A2: A6500: much to red A3: A6500: manual white balance - absolutly impossible to tweak the colour in the right way, background getting much to blue A4: A6500: shot an picture from the display of my mobile. The colour looks good. Because it isn't possible to tweak the white balace in the right way, and there is no isse with the pink colour, when taking a picture from the phones display, i decided, that it's not an issue withe the white balace at all. I took some more pictures: And some other examples: B1: mobile phone: perfect colour B2: A6500: much to red C1: mobile phone: good colour C2: A6500: Even this is a very similar colour, in this case, ther is no problem, the coloures are right?! D1: mobile phone: good coloures D2: A6500: the pink markers are much to red E1: mobile phone: colour is OK E2: A6500: again much to red Then i thought about ultra violet light. Perhapps the objective is filtering it to much? I looked through it with my eyes, but the colours of the flower were correct. So perhapps, there is an UV-filter on top of the sensor. So i did some comparisons with an UV-Laser and green laser: F: green and ultraviolet laser beam F1: mobile phone: looks like i see it F2: A6500: UV-Laser appears to dark G: unfocused UV-Laser beam and white LED flashlight G1: mobile phone: to blue, but brightness comparison is correct G2: A6500: the UV-laser disappears totally H1: mobile phone: colours are good H2: A6500: pink markers are much to red I1: mobile phone: looks a bit to bluish I2: A6500: Colour looks better then on the phone, but it's to dark J1: mobile phone: Colours are good J2: A6500: again much to red K1: mobile phone: colour looks OK K2: A6500: again much to red. So, is it an UV-filter problem? Is the filter to strong. Or am I wrong, and there's another reason? Has anyone else made similar observations with the A6500. Or is something wrong with my camera. Or is it even a normal thing with some cameras? Is there a workaround? Thank you for your help Jörg