Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Larry. I had no idea there was a difference! Tina On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > For all of the cat lovers. This was in a room where it was too dark to > see. > > TMax 1600 pushed to 3200, Noctilux 1.0. Leica M7. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/61953-65818-Edit.jpg.html > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/61953-65818-Edit.jpg.html>Too > > grainy to be practical? > > > Tina > - - - - - - > Forget about the grain. Those of us viewing the picture on a Mac may see > something entirely different than those using a PC. On my Mac Powerbook > laptop, running OS10.4, the picture looks like a linoleum block print, all > black and white with no grays. I downloaded the picture and made a gamma > correction. Now it looks reasonable. The normal gamma for the older Macs is > 1.8, for the PC it is 2.2. This makes PC pics look far too contrasty on the > Mac. The newest Macs use a gamma of 2.2, just like the PCs. so those using > the latest of the breed should have no problems. > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com