poor pictures with Canon Rebel

I recently bought the Canon Rebel (300D). The pictures seem fine on the
screen and the histograms seems to indicate a reasonable exposure - they
look good on the screen, but very disappointing when I transfer them onto my
PC.

All my images without exception need Adobe Photoshop (elements 2.0 )
compensation for brightness and contrast before they look good.

I expect something's wrong with my PC display settings. Any advice from the
group?

 

Stuart,

Your monitor could need calibrating. It's also not unusual to have to do
some sort of adjustment in PS, PSP, etc. for the images to look their best.

John
Texas, USA

 

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Trollmeter = RED

 

Is this a change for you? Other cameras required no tweaking? Louise spends
some quality computer time with most (maybe all, I don't keep track) of the
images she took on her Rebel. I don't think it's unusual.

I don't do windows, so I can't begin to give you any help on how to
determine if your monitor needs to be calibrated nor on how to do it. I'd
suggest a search on
monitor calibration
and see what turns up. It may be that your monitor is at fault. Or maybe
not. Who can tell?

 

Have you tried physically printing them? If the prints look ok, then it's
your monitor. I don't use the LCD for anything but to check composition, or
to see if anyone moved. But my D30's screen is pretty useless unless viewed
from straight on and in moderate to low light.

 

Be aware that the 300D & 10D have very bright & contrasty LCD panels, so
you should never rely on them to judge exposure. OTOH, you can trust the
histogram.

Yes. Calibrate your monitor. If it's never been calibrated, you'll
misjudge your processing, & end up with lousy photos.

 

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Seems to me you haven't said anything here. Why are you shouting?

Mark

 

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Who the hell are you?