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What's the problem with my GH2
  • I recently bought a (used/second hand) GH2 from Ebay.

    Unfortunately, it was 'body only' therefore I had to wait until a separately bought lens arrived before I could use/test it. All photos/videos have a very strong red/dark pink tint - this is the same as through the LCD/viewfinder.

    Photo 1 is just a straight (but resized) photo. The filing cabinet is actually a light coloured wood framed with a light grey shutter thing. Photo 2 - White-balanced using a white card/paper (again, resized).

    Any thought? I sort of suspect it's had some IR/infrared conversion - which wasn't detailed in the Ebay listing.

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  • Such thing is easy to check. Make photo inside with some black warm thing, and check how it look on photo.

  • Sure, it looks like IR photo to me. Attached photo from my security camera with IR filter off. It looks very much like that eg green is white.

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  • Thank for replying.

    Looks like I'll have to return it :(

  • looks like they've converted it to IR as said

  • I'll buy it!

  • What? People convert to IR? What for? Never heard of this...