Copy and paste photos end up dark.

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Barrymore

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I took photos of my fish and viewed them on the camera. They were perfectly clear and bright.
However, on copying them to my PC they were very dark. Using software to brighten them up helped
yet the thumbnails in the folder remained dark. Can someone please explain. Camera problem, software problem
or Windows problem?
 
Could be a monitor calibration problem, could be the brightness was dialled up too much on the camera's LCD… could be both.

What does the histogram look like?
 
bwana said:
Could be a monitor calibration problem, could be the brightness was dialled up too much on the camera's LCD… could be both.

What does the histogram look like?
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Histogram?
 
Barrymore said:
Using software to brighten them up helped yet the thumbnails in the folder remained dark.
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Delete "thumbs.db" hidden file. When you open folder again, Windows will recreate thumbnails.
 
Be helpful if you posted one of the dark pics so we can see how dark it really is.
 
Make sure you are able to view hidden files in the folder.

Then delete the file as previously mentioned, after which a new one will be created.

<File Explorer, View, Show/hide Group, tick the Hidden items box>

Restore setting after wards to hide hidden file again as a safety and security measure.
 
daniellgr said:
Make sure you are able to view hidden files in the folder.

Then delete the file as previously mentioned, after which a new one will be created.

<File Explorer, View, Show/hide Group, tick the Hidden items box>

Restore setting after wards to hide hidden file again as a safety and security measure.
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Great help. Thanks.
 
This works on any version of Windoze:
- open Control Panel -> Folders options
- open second tab "View"
- Expand "Hidden files and folders" and select the right option
 
I can tell from that sample photo and the amount of digital noise in it that the problem is simply that your original photos were all underexposed (i.e. too dark) although they looked better on your camera LCD for two reasons: 1, it was a dark environment and your eyes had adjusted to it; and 2) (as suggested above) your LCD is set a bit bright (that's usual in cameras to make everybody think they're taking awesome photos).

The long-term solution here is to buy yourself a faster lens (e.g. with a f1.8 aperture) if you're using an SLR, or rather try and photograph the fish when they come into brighter patches of light (it will allow your camera to take a 'brighter' photo if there's more light around). Good luck!
 
Foxhound5366 said:
I can tell from that sample photo and the amount of digital noise in it that the problem is simply that your original photos were all underexposed (i.e. too dark) although they looked better on your camera LCD for two reasons: 1, it was a dark environment and your eyes had adjusted to it; and 2) (as suggested above) your LCD is set a bit bright (that's usual in cameras to make everybody think they're taking awesome photos).

The long-term solution here is to buy yourself a faster lens (e.g. with a f1.8 aperture) if you're using an SLR, or rather try and photograph the fish when they come into brighter patches of light (it will allow your camera to take a 'brighter' photo if there's more light around). Good luck!
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Yes. The photos were taken at night with all room lights off. Fluorescent fish tank tube on. I have old photos of my fish and there are no brightness problems with them. Strange.
 
Barrymore said:
Yes. The photos were taken at night with all room lights off. Fluorescent fish tank tube on. I have old photos of my fish and there are no brightness problems with them. Strange.
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its the old lights on lights off torture routine.
i bet they still not talking.
:)
 
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