photo`s bright and beautiful on lcd, but dull and dark on the notebook

[Tinderbox (UK)]

I have had a million camera`s and my last 20 or so the photo looks great on the lcd, bright and beautiful perfectly expose, then when they are uploded on my notebook they are dull and dark, and i have to adjust the raw in cs6 , ken rockwell says to take a photo then check it on the lcd and then use exposure compensation to correct the photo and when it looks good it`s a keeper, but they all look great on the lcd, but crap on the notebook.

So what gives?

John.

 

[SCraig]

First, you can't trust the LCD on a camera. Look at the histogram instead. Second, your monitor isn't calibrated but calibrating a monitor on a laptop / notebook is a waste of time. As soon as you move it or change the angle that the ambient light is hitting the screen then the calibration is shot.

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

So how come the sample photo for my camera i downloaded look great?

I need a calibrator but the last one i bought started making the screen look green, so i am looking for a new one but the money is a problem at the moment.

John.

First, you can't trust the LCD on a camera. Look at the histogram instead. Second, your monitor isn't calibrated but calibrating a monitor on a laptop / notebook is a waste of time. As soon as you move it or change the angle that the ambient light is hitting the screen then the calibration is shot.

 

[Mach0]

So how come the sample photo for my camera i downloaded look great? I need a calibrator but the last one i bought started making the screen look green, so i am looking for a new one but the money is a problem at the moment. John.

For my LCD- I know it's not accurate but I adjusted the brightness until it is closer to what I see in the histogram and enabled blinkies for the highlights. I use a spyder calibration tool. It works well. Make sure there isn't any light source falling on the screen since it can affect the color temperature.

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

I need to get another calibrator, to find out what the problem is, it`s a pity you could not pay somebody a small fee to calibrate your notebook.

Never been a big fan of histograms as a lot of times they can be wrong, i now nomaly shoot raw only and adjust the image afterwards but it can introduce a lot of image noise.

John.

 

[Mach0]

I need to get another calibrator, to find out what the problem is, it`s a pity you could not pay somebody a small fee to calibrate your notebook. Never been a big fan of histograms as a lot of times they can be wrong, i now nomaly shoot raw only and adjust the image afterwards but it can introduce a lot of image noise. John.

Histogram wrong? You have to learn how to read them. They are the most accurate way to see your exposure when you take a photo.

http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-read-and-use-histograms

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

Thanks for the histogram guide, i have activated it on my camera and will see how it goes.

John.

 

[Kolia]

I have had a million camera`s and my last 20 or so the photo looks great on the lcd, bright and beautiful perfectly expose, then when they are uploded on my notebook they are dull and dark, and i have to adjust the raw in cs6 , ken rockwell says to take a photo then check it on the lcd and then use exposure compensation to correct the photo and when it looks good it`s a keeper, but they all look great on the lcd, but crap on the notebook.

So what gives?

John.

So you are shooting RAW ? Have you tried JPEG + RAW ?

The LCD is probably showing you a JPEG image (usually embedded in the RAW file for preview). Comparing that to a RAW version of the same image, the RAW will certainly look flat.

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

Yeah, i have shot jpeg + raw the jpeg is dark and dull as well.

John.

 

[Kolia]

When was your monitor last calibrated ?

 

[astroNikon]

my old laptop I could look at the laptop LCD screen at various minute angle differences and pictures would basically change in their brightness/ darkness at different parts of the photo. My new laptop (LED screen) is much more consistent throughout.

So be careful of the type of monitor you are viewing the photos with.

 

[table1349]

First, you can't trust the LCD on a camera. Look at the histogram instead. Second, your monitor isn't calibrated but calibrating a monitor on a laptop / notebook is a waste of time. As soon as you move it or change the angle that the ambient light is hitting the screen then the calibration is shot.

Scott, in all fairness I believe you have your list out of order. FIRST, you can't trust Ken Rockwell. Second you can't trust the LCD on a camera. :mrgreen::lmao:

 

[KmH]

I need to get another calibrator, to find out what the problem is, it`s a pity you could not pay somebody a small fee to calibrate your notebook.

I recommend X-Rite calibration hardware and software, as do many image editing pros and pro print labs.

Computer displays need to re-calibrated about once a month, or if the ambient light that falls on the display changes.
So taking your display somewhere to have it calibrated wouldn't be very effective, unless you use the display right there in the same ambient light where it was calibrated.
Ambient light color temperature and intensity affect display calibration.

Monitor Calibration for Photography

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

I have been looking at the X-Rite ColorMunki Display for months but i always find something else to do with the money.

As i said i have already had one faulty calibrator and one bitten twice shy as they say.

Also in CS6 when i load a RAW it looks dark, but when i click the Auto button the picture looks great, i sometime tone it down a bit because of overexposed areas and add a bit more saturation and it`s good to go.

John

 

[KmH]

Laptops don't make good image editing platforms, unless they are connected to a good desktop display.
Notebooks are one more step lower than laptops when it comes to image editing platforms.