Also, fluorescent lighting produced a green cast on many films, so could that 
have been sneaking in somehow.(?)

Jack

--- On Fri, 11/5/10, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: George Sinos <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Images with K7 coming out entirely GREEN - WTH?
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, November 5, 2010, 7:05 AM
> Did you check your white balance
> setting?
> 
> Popping up the flash changes the WB to the flash setting,
> so it would look fine.
> 
> Turning off the flash reverts the WB to where it was
> previously set.
> 
> So, If for some reason, your WB was off, or Auto WB was
> giving you
> strange results, that would be consistent with what you
> describe.
> 
> gs
> 
> George Sinos
> --------------------
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> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I wanted to take some pictures of a new wall unit I'd
> finished installing in the dining room.  I decided to light
> it up with the internal (halogen) lights and do a long
> exposure on a tripod so everything would come out crisp.
> >
> > Set up the K7 on a tripod, into Av mode with the
> aperture cranked down to f/11... took a shot and the preview
> was entirely GREEN (this image is from the processed RAW
> file - which was obviously no less green).
> >
> > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP6544.jpg
> >
> > This is just a 4-8 second exposure under tungsten
> lighting.  Shouldn't be green.
> >
> > I took about 7 or 8 images which all came out the same
> way.  Turning the camera off and on between exposures...
> scratching my head....
> >
> > Finally I popped up the BIF, took a quick shot which
> looked normal.
> >
> > Back onto the tripod, it worked perfectly:
> >
> > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP6548.jpg
> >
> > So.. what the HECK was going on there?  This was a
> freshly-formatted card with a fully-charged battery.
>  Confusing to say the least.
> >
> >  -Charles
> >
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> >
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