LCD Viewer vs. Computer

Hi everyone!

Glad I found this forum.

I have a question about my G2.

When I take a photo, the LCD viewfinder shows this beautiful, clear, bright shot but when I download the images, they look like crap - too dark, blurry, orange or yellow tinge, etc. - nothing they what they looked like in the viewfinder.

Can anyone tell me why? I never know if my photos are good until I download them!

Example: My daughter was bowling so I took my new toy to the bowling alley and took what I thought were great photos (no flash). When I got home and downloaded them they were all completely dark.

Thanks for any input.

Karen
mafixit

Morning Karen,

I posted a message about this just the other day;

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=7201

I'm actually going to take some photos to show how bad it is as non RAW images don't do this unless you have the compression right up.

Jamie

I was using .jpg 640 x 480 with fine compression. It just blows my mind that I have to look at the pics on the computer before I know if any of my shots have turned out.

They look so good on the LCD viewer, especially for brightness and contrast - but turn out so dark or discolored in reality.

Karen
MaFixIt

Forgot to add - the reason that I use the 640 x 480 is because I upload the pics for on-line auctions.

I loved my Mavica because the pics came out exactly as they looked on the viewer, but I was limited to the size of the floppy disk.

Additionally, the Mavica took nice low light pics suitable for auction site viewing with using a flash or additional lighting.

Karen
mafixit

I had a similar problem until I realized I had to turn up the ISO level. In Auto the G2 uses ISO 50 or 100. Try setting it to P and using ISO 200, or if it is really dark use 400. 400 might give you too much noise though. You can set your camera to give you a 2 or 10 second view of the picture you just took, or look at the playback. On my G2 the post view and the playback looks similar to the picture on my computer after downloading.

I believe the G2 has a histogram display that tells you if an image is properly exposed. Check it after taking a shot; then if needed you can make adjustments to your camera settings.

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I had a similar problem until I realized I had to turn up the ISO level. In Auto the G2 uses ISO 50 or 100. Try setting it to P and using ISO 200, or if it is really dark use 400. 400 might give you too much noise though. You can set your camera to give you a 2 or 10 second view of the picture you just took, or look at the playback. On my G2 the post view and the playback looks similar to the picture on my computer after downloading.[/QUOTE]

I'll try the ISO setting. I have the camera set for a 2 second playback and when played back - they all look GREAT! Until I download them. It almost as though the camera corrects them for viewing, and the pics loose the correction after downloading.

Karen
mafixit

Karen,

Can you post an example or a link to one?

Jamie