N73 viewfinder washed out colours

Hi, just got my N73 with 3 X-Series silver.
Great phone but I'm finding that the viewfinder display seems to be washed out. It's fine for a split second when I first slide back the lens cover but then instantly appears washed out. It's almost like the N73 applies some sort of filter to the image. This behaviour is also evident when I flick through the white balance options - ie looks fine for a split second, then reverts to washed out look.
Incidently, if I preview a photo that I take, it appears fine. It just seems to be the "LIVE" display in the viewfinder.
Can anyone tell me if this is a fault or if it's a setting somewhere I can change.
For info I modified the light sensor setting and it didn't have any affect.
regards,
Shaka

Sounds to me as if your color profile (system preferences/displays/color) is off. Reset it to: lcd screen and see if that takes care of it. Not sure why your macbook doesn't remember that setting, though. In any case, it's less hassle to change it there than to reset the PRAM every time.
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