Okay, never mind. PF can be aggravated by blooming, but it sounds like it's
still a sensor issue.

t

On 9/21/05 8:05, Tim Sherburne wrote:

> 
> Hmm, now I thought that the purple fringing problem was due to the sensor
> where saturated cells flood their neighbors. Here's what dpreview says on the
> subject...
> 
> <http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Digital_Imaging/Blooming_01.htm>
> 
> t
> 
> On 9/21/05 8:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Interesting, although based on considerable experience, it seems that a
>> purple 
>> fringing boundary effect occurs much more frequently with certain lenses.
>> However that could be related to what type of shooting I do with those
>> lenses. 
>> For example, I use my A 400 and A2X-S converter to shoot birds that are
>> higher 
>> up in trees. This situation frequently gives me an underexposed backlit
>> branch 
>> against a bright sky -- and purple fringe. I've been blaming it on the
>> converter/lens combination.
>> Paul
>> 
>> 
>>> Most of the purple fringing I see is a sensor effect, not lens
>>> related, on high contrast boundaries where one side of the boundary
>>> is at saturation and the other is underexposed.
>>> 
>>> Godfrey
>>> 
>>> On Sep 21, 2005, at 4:33 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Shel,
>>>> Sometimes it's a result of red and blue chromatic aberration. If
>>>> so, you can correct it reasonably well by going to the "lens" tab
>>>> in the RAW converter and adjusting the CA sliders. At other times
>>>> it seems to be the result of backlight on dark objects, such as
>>>> branches against a sky and doesn't seem to be affected much by CA
>>>> adustment. I find this effect is more common to some lenses than
>>>> others. In situations where it was important to remove the fringe
>>>> and CA adjustment yields little improvement, I've occasionally
>>>> resorted to cloning it out after masking or selecting the
>>>> appropriate area. Lots of work, but it can be done effectively.
>>>> Paul
>>>> On Sep 21, 2005, at 6:48 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Any suggestions on how to rid an image of purple fringing ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shel
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 


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