[Vianna Szabo]

Hi everyone

My first digital love was a Pentax Optio 33L. It was my introduction to the digital world and I was thrilled.... until I had to photograph a teething toddler and also found my enlargements were often pixelated. So after much searching and forum reading I purchased a Nikon D50. Wow, the clarity is astonishing but I am having real problems with it reading warm colors too strong. I am frustrated because when I photograph my paintings I cannot adjust the white balance without the flash insisting it must come on which, if you are working in oil, renders the photograph a splotchy shiny mess. When I photograph in auto with the flash off I get photos that read unrealistic warm tones. My Pentax, on auto with the flash off, reads the cool and warm tones correctly. This is true no matter what the light conditions are.

My question is am I just Nikon challenged and do not understand how to run this fine camera or is there a real problem here?

These are photos I took of a painting that is in progress. ( my way of saying excuse the mess) I photographed it inside my studio and outside, with close ups of the face. Both were with the cameras on Auto with the flash off. To me the Pentax is a much truer reading of the painting.

I appreciate any advice on this matter

Thank you, Vianna Szabo