G10 - brightness on display much better than on computer

[NVDG]

Hi,

I just used my G10 on holiday and was very pleased with how easy it is to handle and how great the pictures looked (on display)...

Unfortunately after reading them into my computer I have to conclude that the brightness of the pictures on the display is much better than what it is on my computer. The colours appear to be bright and vivid on the display, but seem to have been washed out and are much more grey once transferred to my computer. First I thought that maybe I had turned the brightness of the display all the way up, but that is not the case. The brightness is in normal setting...

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this... I am shooting in RAW.

thanks
NVDG

[Glyno]

It could be your PC monitor, why not post a few photos and let us see?

[Kevan]

I don't think it's uncommon to discover what was on the camera doesn't translate the same as on the computer screen. That said, any pp application can generally bring you back to where you wanted to be, and some. I rely more on the camera's metering and have managed to stay clear of trouble, but for those photos I took of my neighbor's wife. Bad move that one.

[richierich1212]

Double check your monitor color settings in Windows

[yogestee]

Is the brightness of the LCD screen on your G10 turned right up??

[Paulice]

Also if your shooting in RAW then that will be dull in comparison to the camera that shows a JPG.

[gofer]

Also if your shooting in RAW then that will be dull in comparison to the camera that shows a JPG.


Absolutely correct and probably the reason the pictures on your computer look poor. As Paulice has said, if you're shooting in RAW the picture you see on your computer will look poor in comparison to the LCD image. This is because the RAW image transferred to your computer has had only the very minimum of processing applied to it whereas the picture your seeing on your camera LCD is a fully 'in camera' processed JPG. You'll will need to process the RAW image using Canon's DPP software (or similar) to adjust the look of the image to your liking.

[denncald]

Also if your shooting in RAW then that will be dull in comparison to the camera that shows a JPG.

Also, did you shot in RAW+JPEG? That will give you a "before" and "after" sort of view of the image. The RAW is unprocessed, while the JPEG will show the result of in-camera processing from the settings used for the shot.

If you did not have RAW+JPEG selected in the Menus (see page 84 of the User Guide), then you may want to set up that option for future comparisons.

Dennis