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Molly2013 · 12-11-2015 7:00pm #1

I have a problem that I hope someone can help with, I edit photos on PC but they never look same when printed or in digital format from laptop in camera club. (much darker/lighter) Is this a monitor problem or something else.

Paulw · 12-11-2015 8:37pm

Sounds like you have nothing calibrated.

You can buy something like a Spyder to calibrate your monitor. Then, for printing, you need a print calibration. A laptop would also need to be calibrated, however, if you move a laptop screen then this impacts on the calibration.

So, start with what you can control - your own monitor and then look towards calibration for printing, but that always depends on the printer used. Talk to an expert who will do your printing about the calibration for that.

pullandbang · 12-11-2015 9:14pm

Prints in your hand and the same images on a screen will never look the same. Your screen is backlit and the images will look brighter than they are.

As Paul says you need to calibrate your screen and you need to make sure you're using the correct profiles when you're printing. You also need to work in the correct Colour Space (RGB, sRGB or ProPhoto). Printing can be a Dark Art.....

Molly2013 · 13-11-2015 12:28pm

My monitor is very old would I be better of buying a new one?

Paulw · 13-11-2015 12:38pm

You may get a wider range of colours on a new one, but it would still need to be calibrated.

magicbastarder · 14-11-2015 11:43am

Molly2013 wrote: »

My monitor is very old would I be better of buying a new one?

is it a flatscreen or CRT?

Molly2013 · 14-11-2015 2:47pm

Flatscreen

pwllor · 14-11-2015 7:12pm

it's a never-ending story, but yeah, start with the calibration first.

Niallfitz1 · 12-06-2016 10:09am

hi I have a cannon eos 1100 D camera and when I take a picture it comes out blurred I can't seem fucus and good quality picstures need advice.

magicbastarder · 12-06-2016 11:17am

It's possible the autofocus system is configured wrongly. I'm not familiar with the layout of canons, but it could be possible that you've set it to manual focus.

Paulw · 12-06-2016 1:12pm

Niallfitz1 wrote: »

hi I have a cannon eos 1100 D camera and when I take a picture it comes out blurred I can't seem fucus and good quality picstures need advice.

No offence, but have you tried reading the manual? Is your shutter speed too slow? Is there camera shake? Is your object moving?

Impossible to give a specific answer to a very general statement.

CabanSail · 13-06-2016 6:59pm

Can you post some examples?

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