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Frogroast · 05-31-2009, 06:11 AM

I think what you need first is to think of your setup as one unit - your whole setup, from camera to computer/display to printer needs to be calibrated.

As I don't print anything significant at home, I just calibrate our computers/displays to fit our printing lab, WHCC using a colorimeter to make sure we're all on the same "page" first.

You have a few options here:

Spend a few hundred dollars on a colorimeter package that will do display and print and calibrate your whole setup.
Download a calibrated image and print it directly from the printer (if it has a card slot) and compare to other prints
Try another printer (borrowed perhaps?) and compare prints
Print an image directly from the camera (if it has a PictBridge USB connection) and compare prints

Can you perhaps post one of the "dark" images you're working on?

05-31-2009, 06:11 AM	#2
Frogroast Pentaxian Location: Buffalo/Rochester, NY Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 605	I think what you need first is to think of your setup as one unit - your whole setup, from camera to computer/display to printer needs to be calibrated. As I don't print anything significant at home, I just calibrate our computers/displays to fit our printing lab, WHCC using a colorimeter to make sure we're all on the same "page" first. You have a few options here: Spend a few hundred dollars on a colorimeter package that will do display and print and calibrate your whole setup. Download a calibrated image and print it directly from the printer (if it has a card slot) and compare to other prints Try another printer (borrowed perhaps?) and compare prints Print an image directly from the camera (if it has a PictBridge USB connection) and compare prints Can you perhaps post one of the "dark" images you're working on?