Betty,

I now did the same and took a test photo - K10d and screen image now are a lot closer. So thanks for your help. That is what I love about this forum. Full of knowledgeable people.

Thanks John for the input.

What I wanted to get to, was the position where what I see on my monitor is pretty close to what I see on the K10d, by going out now and over-exposing every shot, I achieved what I had set out to do. Now of course, black cats and white horses, need other adjustments. But finally I feel I am on the right track to NOT spending more time than I have to at the computer.

Display is a Claxan RX174T, 17.4" TFT LCD. Resolution is 1024x768. I could upload an unmodified RAW file to my .mac account.

Actually Tyr, just came back in from a walk, and I took several photos, as a test, I over-exposed by 1/3rd all of them. Result is they display lovely on screen the above monitor, and I would not have much to alter if anything.

Hi Tyr and thanks for your input. So you reckon I need to get one of these calibration devices and let it calibrate my screen?

That's one think I have been thinking about recently.

BUT, are you saying, after looking at some of my ephotozine images, that if I calibrate my screen, I will have less adjusting to do bearing in mind no other changes?

I have a question which I want to know whether it is a problem or not. I find it puzzling to say the least.

Here we go.

I take RAW, Auto white balanced photos only with my K10d, in manual mode, using a 40/21 or 70 Limited lens, I adjust the exposure by changing aperture or speed and then check the histograms and most photos are at 100ASA. In camera the images look bright, and I am happy with them.

Upload to my computer open with either iPhoto, Silky Pix Studio, Adobe Elements or Extensis Portfolio. All images are dark looking, i.e. seemingly under-exposed. Yet in camera, when I take the meter reading, I am careful to set that at the middle point, i.e. not over or under exposing.

Of course, because I am using RAW, white balance etc etc can be fixed.

I suppose my question is this. By manually doing the exposure, I expected to have less and nor more work to do on the computer. I am therefore puzzled that I need to adjust the levels and the brightness in particular for virtually every shot.

What do you think I am doing wrong? You can see some images on :-

http://www.ephotozine.com/u41221, although these have been resized to 60kb and had levels adjusted and brightness levels and other adjustments made.

I would really appreciate answers on my "problem", so look forward to hearing from you all.

Yes don't butcher the old lenses. I have a 200mm F4, and I love the focussing feel of this lens. With the K10d, it is easy. Mount lens, switch on camera, it automatically asks for the focal length, slect that.

Press the green button, adjust to suit and take the photo.

M lenses with K10d are far from a pain in use.

All other rates are grayed out at that resolution, so no choice there.

I sometimes go back to 1024x768 at 75.

1280x1024 at 60 on a 17.4" TFT LCD

Agreed it is a steep price. On the other hand, I find most pieces of photographic gear are expensive.

I just got a Slingshot 200, Everything fits fine. 3 lenses, k10d, flash cards, spare battery etc. Water-proof cover is excellent. Straps take some getting used to, but I find the bag moves much less than the rucksack I have been using. Pack is nicely made, and I feel well worth the money.