Why is it that shots on the camera screen....

[Ballistics]

Look better than when you upload them onto a computer? I'm puzzled.

 

[Josh66]

Umm... Because your monitor is a hell of a lot bigger than the little screen on the back of your camera?

They don't always look better though. Sometimes they look worse.

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I re-read it, and see that I read it wrong the first time. What I said is still true - just disregard that last part. I missed "than" when I read it the first time...

 

[tirediron]

^^ That, and the fact that your monitor may not (Probably isn't) calibrated and may be showing incorrect colours, brightness, etc.

 

[Ballistics]

Umm... Because your monitor is a hell of a lot bigger than the little screen on the back of your camera?

They don't always look better though. Sometimes they look worse.

Im not talking about size... Im talking about 1:1 scale. I have a netbook, and the thumbnails look like trash. They are dark, out of focus, or the white balance looks way off but on the camera they look nice. I can zoom in on the camera and have the detail look sharp and crisp. Obviously enlarging a picture will highlight flaws.

 

[Ballistics]

^^ That, and the fact that your monitor may not (Probably isn't) calibrated and may be showing incorrect colours, brightness, etc.

Calibration makes a big difference?

 

[e.rose]

^^ That, and the fact that your monitor may not (Probably isn't) calibrated and may be showing incorrect colours, brightness, etc.

Calibration makes a big difference?

Is this a serious question? I'm not being a smart ass... I've seen you around here, but I don't know enough about you yet to determine whether or not you're being serious...

 

[Josh66]

Are you shooting RAW?

The in camera previews have processing applied to them. On the computer, that is not there unless you did it (if you're shooting RAW).

It sounds like the camera is applying presets that whatever software you are using on the computer is not applying.

 

[Ballistics]

^^ That, and the fact that your monitor may not (Probably isn't) calibrated and may be showing incorrect colours, brightness, etc.

Calibration makes a big difference?

Is this a serious question? I'm not being a smart ass... I've seen you around here, but I don't know enough about you yet to determine whether or not you're being serious...

Rhetorical question really. Obviously calibrating will effect an monitors sharpness, color, etc. But to the point where it is drastic enough to alter the opinion of an image? I understand the concept of resolution, but I feel like I am literally looking at 2 totally different sets of pictures. I calibrate my HDTVs, etc... and while it makes a difference, it is marginal.

 

[Josh66]

^^ That, and the fact that your monitor may not (Probably isn't) calibrated and may be showing incorrect colours, brightness, etc.

Calibration makes a big difference?

It depends on how bad your monitor is from the factory.

I've had some monitors that were pretty close, but I've had others that were WAY off...

Unless you have a calibrated monitor to compare it to, you would never know.


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I don't think you would see a difference in sharpness though... But you DO want the colors to be right...

 

[Ballistics]

Are you shooting RAW?

The in camera previews have processing applied to them. On the computer, that is not there unless you did it (if you're shooting RAW).

It sounds like the camera is applying presets that whatever software you are using on the computer is not applying.

Jpeg Fine.

 

[Ballistics]

^^ That, and the fact that your monitor may not (Probably isn't) calibrated and may be showing incorrect colours, brightness, etc.

Calibration makes a big difference?

It depends on how bad your monitor is from the factory.

I've had some monitors that were pretty close, but I've had others that were WAY off...

Unless you have a calibrated monitor to compare it to, you would never know.


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I don't think you would see a difference in sharpness though... But you DO want the colors to be right...

Here is something odd, when I open the image in PS CS4... the image looks identical to the camera. If I open it in folder view, or use windows viewer, it looks like over exposed film from the 70s.

 

[e.rose]

Calibration makes a big difference?

Is this a serious question? I'm not being a smart ass... I've seen you around here, but I don't know enough about you yet to determine whether or not you're being serious...

Rhetorical question really. Obviously calibrating will effect an monitors sharpness, color, etc. But to the point where it is drastic enough to alter the opinion of an image?

Absolutely.

Before I bought the monitor I have, I had an older monitor that was uncalibrated. Not only was it uncalibrated, but I don't think it had the capability to display as many colors as newer monitors do... that or it was just REALLY old. I dunno, but all the photos I've ever edited using that monitor are trash to me now. I just looked at them the other day going through what I wanted to use for my portfolio, and shots I liked before and have used before, I won't touch now.

They're all wrong, but I couldn't tell that before because my monitor wasn't calibrated. I either need to re-edit them, or just forget they even exist.

 

[Josh66]

Calibration makes a big difference?

It depends on how bad your monitor is from the factory.

I've had some monitors that were pretty close, but I've had others that were WAY off...

Unless you have a calibrated monitor to compare it to, you would never know.


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I don't think you would see a difference in sharpness though... But you DO want the colors to be right...

Here is something odd, when I open the image in PS CS4... the image looks identical to the camera. If I open it in folder view, or use windows viewer, it looks like over exposed film from the 70s.

Sounds like a color space issue.

What color space is your camera set to?

 

[Quentin_Moyer]

Dude, my camera is practically ten years old. If they look better on my camera playback I've done something SERIOUSLY wrong!

***EDIT: I've officially been "spending a lot of time on here!"

 

[Ballistics]

It depends on how bad your monitor is from the factory.

I've had some monitors that were pretty close, but I've had others that were WAY off...

Unless you have a calibrated monitor to compare it to, you would never know.


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I don't think you would see a difference in sharpness though... But you DO want the colors to be right...

Here is something odd, when I open the image in PS CS4... the image looks identical to the camera. If I open it in folder view, or use windows viewer, it looks like over exposed film from the 70s.

Sounds like a color space issue.

What color space is your camera set to?

How would I find that out.