Digital BW, The Print

Make your own on screen grayscale, then it will match your monitor.

Do an archive search for the instructions.  I have made one and it works.

But, I must ask why you insist on 5000K?  That is fine for newsprint where
the screen gives a close approximation of the paper.  How do you match
whites--as much as anybody can--from screen to paper?

==-----Original Message-----
==From: Djon [mailto:westsidemaurice@...] 
==Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:40 PM
==To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
==Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Correcting exposure for Gray Gamma 1.8
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==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. 
==
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==--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades"
==<jeades1@s...> wrote:
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==> 
==> --- 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.
==> >