dull pictures

hiya after many years with 35mm and prosumers have bought a pentax 100d super but find a lot of my pictures appear very dull and lacking in something a bit like a tv past its best any help please
mike

Welcome.

Do you shoot JPG or RAW? Which lens were you using? What camera settings did you use?

Some images illustrating your problem posted here might help us provide an appropriate solution.

hiya using lens that came with it 18-55mm in raw who do i upload please
mike

You can open a free account with Photobucket or similar, upload photos there, and link to them here, preferably using "Img" tags. 800x600 would be a suitable size. Photobucket can resize for you.

It may just be that your photos are underexposed, or perhaps they could benefit from some post processing.

What software are you using? Raw images are quite dull and dreary, you need work with them to sharpen slightly and lift the saturation to your preferred levels.

thanks guys retested it today with jpeg and pictures a lot better any tips on best settings to use on camera?
mike

yes, raw and suitable software.

Using the 'raw' format for your images will allow greater leeway for processing.

From what I understand. most people who post here use the raw format, I use the pentax .pef format as this gives a smaller sized file than .dng.

You can use the software that came with the camera for raw processing.

There are a few camera settings you can change to affect JPG images. On the K10D they are called Image Tone, Saturation, Sharpness, & Contrast. The names may be different on your camera, but I doubt it.

Try setting Image Tone to 'Bright' (the coloured icon), then play around with the other three controls to achieve the effect you are looking for.

For the very rare times I shoot JPG, I have Image Tone = Bright, the other three controls are set to +1.

Mike, please don't post any new topics on this subject, just reply to the remaining two that you have opened.