Digital BW, The Print

Johnny-

I think things are gradually changing.  A LOT of print shops, whether MAC or
PC-based, are using a gamma of 2.2 now.  It has/is become a defacto
standard.  Probably just to keep all things level.

Guessing now, most shops were MAC based, most input was getting to be from
PC, so it all evened out for continuity.

Seth 

==-----Original Message-----
==From: Johnny Eades [mailto:jeades1@...] 
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==My monitor is calibrated for Gray Gamma 1.8, so I should be 
==making my exposures so that middle gray should read on the 
==monitor as RGB 145. 
==Is that correct? Practically all the 21 step grayscale strips 
==are set up for Gray Gamma 2.2 and have 128 as middle gray. In 
==addition to the monitor set up as GG 1.8 it is set so the 
==color temperature is 5000K and I view all my prints under a