Printing poctures help

[Gianna'sPapa]

Well I was frustrated that my P&S pictures printed out better than my auto focused pics take with the DSLR camera. I don't need the pictures to be perfect it I'd like them to look close to what I'm seeing on the monitor like they are with the P&S. I don't think I'm going to get additional items to calibrate the monitor. I do plan to get better paper and make sure the printer settings are optimal though.

If and/or when you have an additional $100 laying around, I would recommend Datacolor's Spyder Express ( I think the latest iteration is the "4") for calibrating your monitor. My daughter recently traded monitors (she took my 19" and gave me her 20", same monitor just different size) with me because the color was off. When I got home and calibrated it, the colors just jumped off the screen! It made a big difference when processing my images. The Spyder system is extremely easy to use.