Pictures too dark

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NRGeti

I am trying digital photography for the first time. My camera is an Olympus
D-550 Zoom. Outdoor pictures in the view finder are practically perfect;
detail is clear. But when I download them to the PC and display them on my
CRT they are very dark and detail is difficult to see.

Where do I make adjustments to get brighter pictures?
 
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John Inzer

NRGeti said:
I am trying digital photography for the first
time. My camera is an Olympus D-550 Zoom.
Outdoor pictures in the view finder are practically
perfect; detail is clear. But when I download them
to the PC and display them on my CRT they are
very dark and detail is difficult to see.

Where do I make adjustments to get brighter pictures?
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How do they print? Maybe you need to brighten
your monitor.

Might be worth a try to read the manual. If you
happen to be using flash outside (especially on
distance shots)...it may be causing the lens to
close prematurely.

Have you tried opening the images in a digital
image editing program? If you have a printer,
scanner, digital camera...there should be an
image editor on one or more of the install
disks. All image editing programs have tools
for Brightness and Contrast adjustment.

If you do not have a digital image editing
program I would suggest Digital Image Pro 9...

Here are some links if you are interested
in reading about the Picture It! programs.

Microsoft Digital Image Suite 9
http://tinyurl.com/hd4t

Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9
http://tinyurl.com/hreb

Picture It Photo Premium 9
http://tinyurl.com/hd39

Comparison Chart
http://tinyurl.com/nkou

Companion Guides:
http://tinyurl.com/hl7h


Also, you could try the freeware IrfanView:

IrfanView 3.85
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
(get the plug-ins too)


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John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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Picture It! Support Center
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=pic
 
N

Nick Burns

Look in the user manual, you should have a camera setting that will let more
light in and give you brighter pictures. You can also use photo editing
software and brighten your pictures. Best to set the camera.
 

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