Konica Minolta Dynax 7D LCD issue

The LCD on my KM Dynax 7d is not sharp and well defined when displaying photos in fact it looks like it has frosted glass over the image. I haven't used it for many years but I believe it was always like this.  When displaying the menu options it is fine. The photos on the computer are fine. Is there a control that I am unaware of that will improve the image sharpness. I have used the brightness control but that just makes it brighter not sharper. I have a Nikon D70 and the image is very sharp in comparison.  I am trying to decide which camera to keep and I would prefer the Minolta but not if I can't fix the display screen

I'll take a look when I get home. Are you shooting JPG, RAW, or both?

It looks a little bit better in person, but this is a pretty close example of what mine looks like.

Basically what you can expect, IME, from cameras of that era.

I'm not sure if your still interested, as you've not bothered replying to you own thread ?

Manners cost nothing , you know ?

Anyway, I'll make two suggestions.

1 ; you need to manage your expectations on what you'll get from an almost 20 year old LCD compared to modern relatively huge crisp high contrast screens .

Mine works fine to review images on as I know how my camera works and what the resulting images will be like .

Colour and contrast are poor in comparison to my modern gear .

I shoot in RAW , despite this I set the camera to manual WB dependant on the scene.

When I load the images up , they are displaced on my screen ( in Lightroom 5 ) as they were taken , so no colour correction is needed .

I've had this camera for nearly 15 years and know how to get the best from it and what to expect , including how to review photos in camera .

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2; JPEG or RAW ?

If we knew how you were shooting it would be helpful .

I only use the RAW files from my camera , however I have it set to JPEG & RAW .

The reason is that when I review an image to check focus and/or sharpness I can click the magnification button to zoom in .

If the camera is set to RAW only , you can't do that .

SO .... regardless of if you shoot RAW or JPEG , the image on the LCD is a small JPEG produced by the camera , and how that JPEG looks can be altered by changing settings on the camera .

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1; Press the Menu button on the camera .

2; set the image size to Large .

3; set the Quality to RAW & JPEG .

4; set the colour mode , I use Natural , you might want to use Natural + sRGB .

I don't use the Adobe RGB .

( If you don't understand what this means , you haven't bothered reading the cameras manual or any other sources , do this first )

5; Digital FX , press enter .

This is where contrast , saturation, sharpness and the hue if the resulting JPEGs are set from .

If at some point someone has been messing around with the settings and changed them to "-2" rather than "0" or a "+" figure then the resulting images on the LCD would have a reduced contrast , sharpness and saturation etc

If you then import the RAWs into your processing software ignoring any JPEG settings , then the resulting won't show this as by default , the images should look fine .

This seems to be what might be happening, unless you just expect more from the LCD .

But unless you can be arsed replying to your own thread , we can't help you further and you'll just be another newbie added to everyone else's "ignore user" option on the forum , where we never see anymore of you one hit posts again .

Regards .

SQLGuy wrote:

I'll take a look when I get home. Are you shooting JPG, RAW, or both?

It's a shame the OP can't be arsed responding to this question.

It would be a lot easier if they did .

It's a pity people don't seem to have even the most basic good manners to respond to there own conversations these days .

Presumably teenage boys who communicate via grunts and farts rather than words !