Nikon SLR Cameras

Problem taking pictures with Nikon D3100?

Guest
Guest

Hi, so I recently started having problems taking pictures with my nikon d3100. Every time I take a picture, areas of the picture come out pink. This also happens when am looking to take the picture through the screen, so it shows pink even before taking the picture. I reset all settings, re-updated the firmware, and still get the problem. This happens even when I take pictures in full auto mode, it seems to happen in every mode I choose. The thing is that this never happened before so I'm just wondering why it is happening now.
My suspicion is that it may have to do with exposure because the areas that come out pink are usually the brightness in the room( I don't know why they would show as pink though). I took some pictures inside a room, the walls in the room are white and only some areas appear as pink, so am not too sure if it does indeed have to do with the exposure. When I used flash, it comes out almost all pink, this doesn't make much sense since the room is too brightly lit. I have tried changing settings, resetting them, used different sd card. I don't know if it may just be an option within the settings that am missing.
Please someone help me.
I attached a picture here and also have a zip folder with some pictures taken( jpeg, raw) if anyone wants to go deeper and look at the settings I used. Http://nikonproblem.weebly.com/
Thanks.Problem taking pictures with Nikon D3100 - 1 Added (1). It looks like no one is going to answer my question, but I was able to fix the problem. What I did was to focus on an area that appeared pink so that everything was pink in the lcd screen. I took a picture of it and the pink went away, can't remember if I used flash or not, I don't think I did. I don't know if this is the way to fix it, but it worked for me and will try again the next time this happens.

Frank
Frank

Cameras have the ability to show which areas of the scene are overexposed or clipped. Clipping just means that the area has lost all detail because it was over or under exposed too much. They're called "blinkies" because they typically blink to show the areas being clipped. Some cameras allow you to change the color too. If you shoot JPEGs then the blinkies are accurate because the image on your LCD screen is a JPEG. However, if you shoot RAW then you need to be aware that RAW files have a much broader dynamic range than JPEGs and the blinking areas may not actually be clipped at all.

keerok
keerok

Yes, those flashing pink areas warn you of overexposure. You can turn that off in the menu. Check the manual.

If the overall picture comes out overexposed, check the exposure compensation of your camera. It may be set too high from zero.