Topic: Picture has "sparkling" hair

[willndmb]

i have a older kodak ls443
still works perfect as far as i know
but sometimes when i take pictures peoples hair gets a sparkle or tinsel like look to it
its not the whole thing just in spots
does anyone know what causes this?

now here is the real crazy thing
the above is in the picture on the memory card and in the kodak software
but if i open the picture in photoshop it usually goes away
the image in photoshop in fact loses some of its "color"

i suppose i could open the images in photoshop then take them to get printed but its just a pain if there is a easy fix while taking the picture
thanks

[phanophish]

Either your camera is using a improper color space or it's interpolation algorithm for display on the software is not very good.  Try digging through the settings on the camera to see if there is a setting to adjust the color space the camera takes images in.  It might also be worthwhile to see if there is a firmware update.

[willndmb]

thanks
i will look into these things

[phanophish]

I'm guessing it is a color space issue.  The fact that when you open it in Photoshop the issue goes away and contrast drops really sounds like a color space issue.  The link below has some basic info on color spaces, but I'm guessing the preview on the camera and in Kodak's software assumes a color space and you may be shooting in a different one from what it expects.  My guess would be you are shooting Adobe RGB and the software expects sRGB.  Since there is data in the Adobe space that sRGB can't reproduce you the the sparkles and a bit of extra saturation.  Photoshop however understands Adobe RGB so when you open the image in PS it properly detects the Adobe RGB space and properly represents the image and in doing so the saturation seems less. 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/colorspaces.mspx

[willndmb]

i think you are right
upon a closer look the image on the camera actually doesn't have the problem when you zoom in
so it really only is showing up in the kodak software
i guess i will have to try and print one without editing it to see if it shows up on the actual photo

+t

[willndmb]

well its a non issue now--my camera just bit the shitter
everything works fine except the image doesn't come through and save
looked online and i guess its a common problem over time with this model
hell its 5 yrs old anyway time for a new one

now i know more about the colors though and can try and research it more with the new cam