Thanks Gwyn. For my needs I am sure i wont need anymore than a correctly profiled monitor. The colours of the prints I got back from the lab are excellent. I just need to deal with the monitor settings so that my prints are not too dark.

Thanks again John. I can remember ten years ago trying to get to grips with colour management. After much head scratching I stuck simply to monitor calibration.

I should have learned my lesson !

Had another look at this john. Seems to apply only if I am printing my own photos. i am sending them to a lab though. I cannot see any way to assign the labs own profiles to my files.

Do I even need to do this ?


http://dscolourlabs.co.uk/about/Technical_Support#ColourProfile

I have visited that page before and it didnt help much I am afraid. i will have another look later. Thanks John

Well cannot fault DSCL on service. my prints were with me this lunchtime. i went for Lustre finish and am very hapy with the quality.

Mine are slightly darker than monitor, but this is a common problem if you don't calibrate and profile your screen. A Spyder colorometer has been ordered.

Profiles for DSCL printer/paper combo's are available for download from their site. I will have to do some research as I am not sure if I can use them with Photoshop Elements which doesn't have a soft-proofing menu.

Thanks. I had already found DSCL on a google search so have given them a go. We shall see !!

Anyone got suggestions for a UK lab to use for high quality colour prints ?

It sounds like the card reader to me. How old is it?

I had a similar problem when I bought new SDXC cards for my K1. My card reader was out of date and couldnt read the SDXC cards. A new reader solved it.

Number 3 for me. The different shades of blue are lovely. 4 is more dramatic...quite like that too.

Nice work again John.