550D gone mental

[mas]

Hi,

I've got a 550D and whilst I was at a clients yesterday the photographs went from being fine with good white balance, to having a orange cast over them all of sudden.

I cant remember pressing any buttons, the white balance is set to auto (which it always it) and every shot now seems to be orangey/warm.

Any ideas whats caused this to happen and how to fix it?

Thanks

 

[Andy.]

Try resetting all settings to standard? If you shoot in RAW, do you still have the same cast?

 

[mas]

Yeah, it does it in RAW and standard .JPEG modes.

I have tried resetting but no joy!

 

[Andy.]

Any example images?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Have you tried turning it off and on again ?

Try changing the WB to something else, like Tungsten which is pretty cool IIRC?, and if you're still getting a warm orange glow, it needs some TLC from Canon perhaps !

 

[mas]

Could it be my external flash on its last legs?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Pass ?

Have you taken that off and see what happens to the WB ?

/stating the bleedin' obvious...

 

[dunganick]

Does it happen with different lenses.

A lens thats fogged up - gone from hot/cold too fast can produce an orange cast.

 

[ben_p]

Will try it with a few different lenses now and see how I get on!

 

[ben_p]

oops, thats mas.