Digital BW, The Print

The problem is not "random discussion" by the genuine experts on this
Forum, it's the original incoherent question. Someone here can
undoubtedly help. Don't repeat, rewrite properly. 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades"
<jeades1@s...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Let me repost the question again. Maybe this time someone will answer 
> it without getting into a random discussion about 1.8 and 2.2 gamma 
> rather than answering what I'm asking.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" 
> <jeades1@s...> wrote:
> > 
> > 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 5000K temperature light. I don't 
> > think I am the only one who is doing this, yet Ive seen no 
> questions 
> > regarding this exposure question. The only reason I ask it now,is 
> > that I usually need to lighten most of my images before really 
> > working on them and sometimes the deepest darkest that I would like 
> > to have some detail in it doesn't have any; as the result of what I 
> > think may need exposre correction at time of exposure.
> > 
> > Your friend in Photography,
> > 
> > Johnny