Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:36 AM 01-04-97 +0000, Jose Luis wrote: >It seems that the reason behind the different reproduction of the same >picture on different monitors is a matter of gamma, the Mac is >calibrated with a gamma of 1.8 and PC with s gamma of 2.2. Consequence, >you adjust the image in a Mac screen, but when viewed on a PC screen it >looks darker. From PC to Mac is just the inverse. Solution: if you >work on a Mac switch to Gamma 2.2 and adjust tones to the vast majority >of computers installed PCs. I apoligize for possibly repeating myself, but I suspect that most computer users make arbitrary adjustments to the brightness and contrast settings on their monitors that throw all talk of correct gamma out the window. They fiddle with the controls until things look good. Dan C.