Newbie: Needs help!!

[NCAFLeo88]

Ok here is the issue that I have been having and I would LOVE some advice on this...

I have been just shooting around and playing with the setting trying to get familiar with my new D3000...

I have done a couple of shots that I loved when I reviewed it on the LCD but when I transfer it to the pc, its VERY blurry, OOF and the color is way off...

What do I need to do to make sure what I see on the cam and in my viewfinder comes out right on the pc?

 

[Blake.Oney]

Are you shooting in RAW, or Jpeg? A lot of the time the image in the lcd will look in focus when it's actually not because the lcd is so small. All you have to do to check it is when you're looking at the photo on the lcd hit the zoom in button a few times and move with the directional buttons where you aimed the focus on the photo. With it zoomed in you will be able to check the focus. As far as the color goes you could make that how you want it in post, or go to the shooting menu and change the shooting mode to vivid or something else.

 

[Derrel]

Have you tried zooming in to check your focus and to see if your shutter speed is fast enough to prevent blurring? It's a quick and easy operation these days to make sure things are going "okay".

We used to have to wait somewhere between 6 hours and 14 days to get the slide film back to see how we were doing...

 

[NCAFLeo88]

Are you shooting in RAW, or Jpeg?

I have played around with both.

 

[Blake.Oney]

Well, now that I think about it, it wouldn't really matter. RAW won't be as vivid as Jpeg because Raw has no correction. The color issue is most likely because the lcd is so small also. Things just look better on a small lcd screen. Definitely zoom in to check for blur and focus, though.

 

[12sndsgood]

yeah been theer done that. looks great, then when it blows up on the pc your just dissapointed. just gotta zoom in and check them as you go to make sure your getting the right focus.

 

[LightSpeed]

Try using auto focus. It's come a long ways. In most cases auto focus can focus better than 90% of the eyes out there. This , if you're not already using auto focus.

 

[ChevyBaby]

with regards to the colour issue, generally on your little LCD the image appears brighter, if the colour is changing quite a lot, it could be a case of callibrating you computer's monitor. print the image and see how different the colour looks compared to your computer, you'll most likely see a huge difference.

 

[KmH]

The LCD on th back of DSLR's is not all that useful.

It can be used to check focus like Blake described. It can be used to check framing and composition.

It cannot be used accurately to evaluate anything else, because it cannot be calibrated.