Lumia 1020 adds yellow tint to photos

I'm posting this because numerous other people have posted with the same major issue, and there seems to be no update on what is happening...
http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Nokia-Lumia/Lumia-1020-blue-or-green-hue-tint-applied-after-taking-p...
http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Nokia-Lumia/Lumia-1020-Disable-Post-Processing/m-p/2031912/highlight...
My 1020 will take a crisp, beautiful shot and then after viewing it for a few seconds, a yellow tint is added to the photo and some clarity seems to be lost. It happens with any white balance setting and isn't fixable within Creative Studio.
I may be mistaken, but it seems like this problem just started. (I have had my phone for about 5 days). I will try to re-create some photos I took last week and see if, indeed, this odd processing problem just started.
I would really like to know if this is a hardware issue or a software issue, and if Nokia is aware of this and if they plan on providing a solution.
I attached 2 screenshots. The first is the photo I want and the second is after it is processed.
For a few seconds I can see the photo that I want... I paid $200 to have that photo when I want it, what's going on?
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Thanks Ceron - I suspected as much that it was the Amber update (ironically why else would it be so aptly called the "Amber" update? ) and that it would require a firmware level fix for the camera. I would hope that if Nokia suspects its on MS side that they will be working very closely with them...and quickly. I guess I am hoping that the update that ruined it was on the side of Nokia in the Amber update (since they did add their own features to it). Either way I certainly hope they get their act together and issue the fix in GDR3 or whatever you want to call the next one. I still dont understand how Apple can issue an over the air update in days time without all this carrier review BS and the rest of us have to wait weeks or months for something. That needs to be addressed if they hope to compete. Should we be hammering MS support sites as well? Anyone know of links to dedicated WP support site and if anyone has posted this there?

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