 Coral Dalton |
Images Fine in Viewfinder, Too Dark on Computer Any idea why the shots I take with my Sony Mavica MVC-CD 1000 look so good when I review them in the camera, but so dark and muddy when I pull them up in Photoshop? Thanks for the help, C
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Tamara Lynn |
How about when you print them up?
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Christopher A. Vedros |
You might have the brightness of the camera LCD set high compared to your PC's monitor. This is a common problem with some digitals, including the Canon Digital Rebel - the default brightness setting for the LCD is very bright.
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Coral Dalton |
Thanks for the response, Sara. I'm a sculptor - not a photographer - and I'm using the images on my Web site, so I don't need to print them, they just have to look good on my monitor. Chris, Good idea. I'll tone down the camera LCD some and see if that helps. Thanks.
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Tamara Lynn |
Then you should probably bracket to get different ranges of lighting and 1 out of 7 should be what you want. If you have manual mode, make sure that your in-camera light meter is perfect and what what happens in different parts of the scene.
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Coral, Here is an easy way to calibrate your camera LCD to your monitor. Take a typical picture with some dark areas and light areas in it. Transfer the picture to your computer, but leave it on your camera also. Hold the camera near the monitor, and view the same photo on both at the same time. Adjust brightness on the camera (or both) until they look the same.
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eric brown |
I have a Sony like yours. Try a different program setting(moon or moon plus). It will make the file picture brighter.
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Jessica L. Richard |
I also had the same problem a while ago, and it was because my monitor was old, and even on the brightest setting was still very dark when looking at my pictures. I had to get a new monitor, and I could not believe the difference. This may not be your problem, but just an idea.
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Coral Dalton |
Thanks a lot for the ideas about this problem. It could be the monitor. I think I've tried every setting on the camera to try to get good shots. Since I'm shooting very light porcelain, I discovered that by pointing my light meter at a grey card instead of at the piece or the background, it clears things up a lot. Have to keep using this technique to see if it holds up. Haven't taken any shots for a while. Thanks again, Coral
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Vince Broesch |
You really need to calibrate your monitor, or you might end up with the photos looking good on your monitor and looking different to the website visitors in general. Go to start/control panel and run Adobe Gamma ... that will give you a good idea how the photos will look to your Web site visitors. Vince
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Coral Dalton |
Thanks Vince- I'll give it a try. Coral
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Derick A. Wiaderski |
I have the same problem with my computer. how old is yours, I still have a pentium 2, kind of out of date now. I too changed what ever settings I could but when I view edits on another computer they are fine. try a new video card would be my suggestion, if you have an older one.
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