A610/A620 images dark when transferred?

[yiggy999]

I hope that someone can help me with a problem. Or just tell me that I am crazy...

I have a A620 (I understand that the 610 is pretty much the same hardware) and the pictures look great on the camera screen. Vivid colors, great contrast etc... BUT, when I move them to my PC they seem to lose the color, contrast, the shadows become more pronounced and generally become darker. Not horrible, but a noticable difference.

I have tried another PC and the effects are the same. Now I could edit them all in Photoshop but that will just drive me insane. Can anyone help me....me? Am I crazy here....? Are the photos transfered into a different format from the Camera to the PC? Is it the backlight on the camera screen that makes them look better?

Thanks for the help




BTW: I dont think I have any color filters on the computers I have tried. Both have different video cards....

[Jon]

The LCD shouldn't be relied on for anything except basic overall composition. Remember, it's designed to make things visible in the worst conditions, such as outside in bright sun. Hit the "Display" button a couple of times and you'll see your review pictures come up as a small (1/4 the screen) picture with picture data and a histogram also on the screen. If the histogram's not reaching the right end of the bar, you're probably underexposing. Never, never use the LCD image to judge exposure.

[yiggy999]

Thanks for the reply.

Actually the histogram does go all the way to the right on some of the pics, but I still have the problem. An example would be a shot taken of my daughter at 1pm in an open swimming pool under a bright cloudless sky. The histogram goes all the way to the right and about a fifth of the way up. The picture that shows up on my computer is still dark, muddled midtones etc....

Any other thoughts?

[Jon]

How about posting examples? A scene with a very bright background may have a histogram reaching all the way to the right without giving the important (to you) areas a proper exposure.