Preventing washed out prints from Walmart, HyVee, Sam's etc.

[Mike_E]

Hi Paul, I realize this is a dumb question but have you checked you monitor on a gray scale? It may be that you simply have it set too bright and everything that you process is therefore much darker than it should be.

As a test, shoot a few shots in jpg (in sRGB) and have them printed straight from the card. If they are light enough you'll have your answer.

Best of luck,

mike