Dark pictures on computer

I took some pictures with the Nikon 995 Coolpix. They look fine in

the camera's monitor. But when I loaded them on the computer...they

were all much darker than they look in the monitor. So, I printed a

couple of them at the camera store to ask their advice...and the

pictures were fine. Do you know why the pictures are so much darker

on a computer? I'm using Windows XP...and I have a windows viewer

to view the images (I also viewed them in PowerPoint...they looked

the same). I can't figure out why they look so dark or what to do

about them. I don't want to lighten every image...then they won't

print correctly.

Thanks,

Vickie

Hi Vickie,<P>

You probably need to calibrate your computer monitor. Also, make sure that the "workspace" in which you view the images on the camera's monitor, matches the "workspace" of the image editor you use. Or vice-versa.