Why do my images seem to be in the format of Bgra instead of Argb?

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EDIT:OK, 0 /2 tonight. Darn those little endians...



So, I am very confused over a quick test that I just ran. I am doing some image processing in C#. Get/SetPixel() have proven to be too slow, so I am using LockBits to get at the raw data.

However, I seem to have hit a situation which I can't figure out. While scanning the image, it
seems that each pixel is laid out as Bgra, that is, blue byte, green byte, red byte, and alpha, in that order. I was under the impression that they would be laid out in Argb order. here is a sample of the code that I am using.

BitmapData baseData =
    m_baseImage.LockBits(new Rectangle(new Point(0, 0), m_baseImage.Size), 
        ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Bitmap test = new Bitmap(m_baseImage.Width, m_baseImage.Height);           

byte* ptr = (byte*)baseData.Scan0;
for (int y = 0; y < m_baseImage.Height; ++y)
{                              
    for (int x = 0; x < m_baseImage.Width; ++x)
    {
        // this works, image is copied correctly
        Color c1 = Color.FromArgb(*(ptr + 3), *(ptr + 2), *(ptr + 1), *ptr);
        // below does not work!  Bytes are reversed.
        //Color c1 = Color.FromArgb(*ptr, *(ptr + 1), *(ptr + 2), *(ptr + 3));

        test.SetPixel(x, y, c1);
        ptr += 4;
    }             
}

m_baseImage.UnlockBits(baseData);
pictureBox1.Image = m_baseImage;
pictureBox2.Image = test;

The first line which grabs the color of the base image works, the second does not. I am pretty sure that I am missing something here.