Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >The Mac gamma at 1.8 thing is a relic of the past and was geared to >the old Apple monitors (remember the original Apple 14" monitor). We >are long past that era. There is no reason to use anything but 2.2 >gamma, IMHO, since for most monitors today that is either their >native gamma or at the very least, much closer to it than 1.8 is. >The further you pull a monitor away from its native gamma, the more >you are compressing the color gamut and limiting the output >possibilities. > >http://www.drycreekphoto.com has a lot of good info on this. Wow, thanks! Lots of good information here. I'm about to buy a Gretag Macbeth Eye-one monitor calibrator after reading all this info! Karen - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html