Raz Theo Loc: Music City

My Nikon D7100 has all of a sudden developed a propensity for lavender hued images, whether in raw or jPeg. The issue is easily fixed in PP but basically a pain in the you-know. I have combed the user manual (Picture Control, Picture Control Management plus all pertinent camera settings) for answers and so far nada, zilch. I always shoot in manual but tried Auto, Shutter and Aperture Priority with the same results. I"m reluctant to experiment by returning the camera to default settings on the chance the solution is a simple one. I'm probably overlooking the answer but maybe you can help speed up the process.
Many thanks for any thoughts.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

My first thought would be to check the white balance setting.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

That was my first thought as well.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Go to "Photo Shooting Menu" press OK, Now you should be in the "Set Picture Control", make sure your set on "Standard"... Now right toggle and you should be looking at a menu for your settings of sharpness, clarity, contrast, ect... Hue is at the bottom of menu, check there......
Yes, White balance setting as well, Press OK, right toggle to Auto Normal, now right toggle Again and you will have a screen where you manually adjust your white balance, check here as well...

Raz Theo Loc: Music City

Longshadow, your first thought, like Mac's, was a good one. It was indeed the white balance which I had somehow, inadvertently changed from "Auto" to some cockamamie combination of fluorescent warm colors. I appreciate the advice. As usual, anytime we need help we are never disappointed by this great group of folks on the ol' Hedgehog.
Thanks. To Mac also.

Raz Theo Loc: Music City

[quote=martinfisherphoto]Go to "Photo Shooting Menu" press OK, Now you should be in the "Set Picture Control", make sure your set on "Standard".

Thanks for the detailed answer. Made it easy for me.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Glad it was a simple fix!

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

What is your W/B set at?

Never mind. I see that you found it set wrong.

Always check all settings before you shoot. Saves a lot of frustrations. Also, check memory cards, and battery. I always do a pre check on my equipment before I start out my day of photography.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Before anything else... is your computer monitor calibrated? If not, then that could easily be your problem, if you're seeing the tint when reviewing your images on it.

Aside from that, yes, previous responses are correct. You might have an incorrect white balance set.

Also, some cameras (sorry, I shoot with Canon gear, not a D7100) have a feature that allows you to bias tints and tones in your images. Canon calls this White Balance Shift & Bracketing (WB Shft/Bkt.) I've had a similar situation as you with a camera, where every image had a slightly magenta tint, when that feature somehow got set. I have no idea how it happened, since I normally don't set any WB Shift. I was using two identical cameras to shoot an event and all that were done with one of them were showing the magenta cast, regardless of what lens was used on it. After I discovered that WB Shift had been set and zeroed it out again, the problem was solved (it also was pretty easily fixed in Lightroom.... I just applied the same adjustment to the 1200 images made with that camera that day, in batch.... before further fine-tuning individual images).

I don't know if Nikon has similar to WB Shift, or what they might call it if they do. Check your manual or just scroll through your menus.

Raz Theo Loc: Music City

Thanks to all who responded. A couple of your answers included valuable info I will store away. I'm embarrassed to admit, especially to you Nikon users familiar with the menu setup, that while I usually keep the WB on "Auto", when looking for it on the "shooting" menu I did not scroll one page further or I would have seen the Auto setting was wrong.
So thanks again.