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Here is a close up shot of a red ferrari using the Olympus D580 Zoom digital camera. This picture was taken with aperture size of f3.1, shutter speed of 1/8 sec, and ISO rating of 100. These settings were chosen automatically by the camera when taking this picture. No flash was used when taking the picture. Notice that the red color of the ferrari seems distorted and faded around the area near the bonnet. If you do not believe me, take a look at the picture below, which is another shot of the ferrari, this time taken a little bit further away. The red color of the ferrari turns out better this time, and this makes the picture looks more striking and attractive.

Another Shot of the Ferrari (Click on image or link to view full size image)

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The second shot of the ferrari was taken with an aperture size of f3, shutter speed of 1/30 sec, and ISO rating of 129. So basically, both shots of the ferrari have approximately the same aperture size and ISO rating, but different shutter speed. The first shot was taken with a longer exposure than the second shot, and this could be one reason why the color looks faded. However, notice that the color of the surrounding objects do not look faded. Therefore, it is most probably that the color of the ferrari was distorted by the image processing algorithms of the camera itself.