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From: srnelson%nelsun@Sun.COM (Scott R. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Gamma for Sun Monitors...
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Date: 26 May 89 21:51:04 GMT
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From article <17419@usc.edu>, by annala@neuro.usc.edu (A J Annala):
> Does anyone know the gamma correction for sun monitors, barco monitors,
> and the dicomed d48 film recorder?
> 

Sun monitors vary from one to the next.  Measured variations in gamma
have ranged between 2.0 and 2.9 on monitors from four different
manufacturers.  Variation in gamma from a single manufacturer has been
about as wide.

I perfer a gamma correction value of 2.2 for most displays, but 2.5 may
be a better "average" value to use on all systems.  Setting the
gamma value to something close to the optimum is much better than no
gamma correction at all.

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Scott R. Nelson                         srnelson@sun.com
Sun Microsystems

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