Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures from New York
From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:11:35 -0500
References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030727182830.02a6d998@192.168.100.11> <3F248198.9020102@ldp.com>

>
>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
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