Sony A7II Color Rendering Issue?

[jasham]

Hi Folks,

 

I just got back from shooting some Sunsets and Sunrises in Lake Tahoe, using my newly purchased Sony A7MII with a Sony 24-240MM Lens.

My wife was shooting next to me using her Sony A6000 combined with a Sony 18-200MM lens.

 

Each time she would take an image during either a Sunset or Sunrise the image produced would be just like what she was looking at in the LCD Skys were blue and orange during Sunset. In my case in my LCD the skys were Yellow and Orange and came out that way after the image was taken.

 

In all of my photos the images are not representative of what I was seeing with my naked eye.

 

Any suggestions or ideas on why this might be happening with my Sony A7M2?

 

 

[Guest all8]

Compare the white balance settings.

[jasham]

Thanks for the  note. I did that in the field both cameras were set to Auto WB.

[yarmmcd]

Auto White balance isn't a good idea for sunsets as the camera will be trying to neutralise the colour cast, the very thing that makes sunsets attractive. Try cloudy white balance instead.

[Guest all8]

Thanks for the  note. I did that in the field both cameras were set to Auto WB.

No, check the meta data to see what the camera selected, temperature and tint. And ISO, aperture, shutter speed, metering mode ... just to be sure the camera did not make some other decision which impacts this too.

[Wesley]

Oh there will definitely be differences if it was on auto WB. Hope you both shot in RAW...that will help a lot in post for consistency.

[jasham]

Ok, thanks to you both. I will check to see when I start to process. I do take all of my images in RAW, so that should help.

Odd though that my wifes A6000 rendered beautiful blue and orage skys on her LCD with her camera also on AWB.