EOS Rebel t2i photos look dark after uploading to computer

My monitor brightness is on 98, contrast is 70.

I have ALO turned off. but I have looked at all the menu screens and cannot find HTP

HTP is very useful for actually having the DR managed for you to help with your shoot, especially if you are not careful with each shot, which is a condition many may find themselves in. Also HTP is the only setting in the camera that actually affects the raw file, so the camera actually will do the work for you and frees you up a bit on shooting to the right. No other setting is baked into the raw like HTP. I have started to use this on the 7D2 and 5D4 with great results.

https://www.dpmag.com …-highlight-tone-priority/

Also from Chuck Westfall...

You have to be in one of the PASM modes to access all of the menus. Program, Aperture or Shutter priorty, or Manual.

I am unsure of the many comments about CAMERA SETTINGS being on/off...your posted photo looks to be close to ideally exposed on my laptop, at first glance. IOW, regardless of the camera settings status, the OP photo has nothing wrong with it! It has to be an issue in the computer with which OP is viewing the image. With the stated Brightness and Contrast settings, it is not immediately obvious is that is issue is in fundamental monitor adjustment.

Now to go retrieve it on my desktop, where I can look at the posted JPG distribution on histogram.

Really need to run the monitors through a calibration step, either using the free versions that aren't great, but get a monitor pretty close, or pay for a color spectrometer device.

If you run windows, try the windows calibration tool, better than nothing IMO.

This is what happened to me long ago when i got my T2I ended up most of my problems was my monitor not being calibrated.you can see if yours is listed herehttps://www.tftcentral​.co.uk/articles/icc_pr​ofiles.htm. Quick kinda a fix<<<<<<. Lots good info here in this part of POTN.https://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdis​play.php?f=18.

Wilt wrote in post #19003443
I am unsure of the many comments about CAMERA SETTINGS being on/off...your posted photo looks to be close to ideally exposed on my laptop, at first glance. IOW, regardless of the camera settings status, the OP photo has nothing wrong with it! It has to be an issue in the computer with which OP is viewing the image. With the stated Brightness and Contrast settings, it is not immediately obvious is that is issue is in fundamental monitor adjustment.

Now to go retrieve it on my desktop, where I can look at the posted JPG distribution on histogram.

I just brought up the JPG in Lightroom. As I suspected, the histogram showed a pretty 'normal' kind of exposure. Then, just to see what LR would do, I pushed the Auto button for Exposure, and it RAISED exposure by +0.35 and it lowered Contrast by -1 So nothing was way out of whack with regard to how it was exposed, WITHOUT REGARD to ALO or any other camera setting.

The OP had stated, "a problem with photos looking darker when they are uploaded to my computer specifically the sky when sunny. They look fine on the LCD viewing screen, but once they are uploaded to my computer they look much darker."
They look darker on the OP monitor, yet they seem to display just fine on a number or OUR monitors (multiple POTN replies to this point)...it AIN'T no steenkeeng camera setting at fault!

In the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madrea Mexican bandit leader named "Gold Hat" tries to convince Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) that he and his company are Federales:

Dobbs: "If you're the police, then where are your badges?"
Gold Hat: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

PentaxShooter wrote in post #19003418
You have to be in one of the PASM modes to access all of the menus. Program, Aperture or Shutter priorty, or Manual.

I am shooting in the Aperture Priority mode

An easy and pretty accurate way of setting up your monitor can be found here:

http://www.lagom.nl/lc​d-test/

That is what i was looking for to share with them.That is what i finally used to get mine in the ballpark

And then there is the very simple monitor adjustmant target, "How does this look...can you see the steps in this...?"

Windows 10 actually has a fairly decent color calibration tool that works well on laptop screens. Instructions are at
https://www.laptopmag.​com …ibrate-monitor-windows-10

In particular, pay attention to the variables that after brightness levels (don’t have the setting on “Auto”)..

Jeff_W wrote in post #19003370
My monitor brightness is on 98, contrast is 70.

How did the graphic on post 27 look on your monitor, Jeff?

I could see it