Just another "LOST" episode (_dsc3254)
Location: Perhentian Island, Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
If you have a LCD screen and your calibration system allows using the native white point, do so. This preserves the maximum possible color range on LCD monitors.
Next, select the gamma to use. The traditional value for older black and white Macintosh monitors was a gamma of 1.8. This also worked for video systems capable of only showing 16 colors. Almost all modern CRT monitors, however, have a native gamma of close to 2.2, which is determined by the design of the electron guns.
The farther you drag the video system from this optimal level, the more calibration artifacts such as shadow banding and posterization appear. Therefore, a gamma of 2.2 allows for the maximum range of colors your system can display. Ideally, amonitor calibration system allows calibrating to the native gamma. (Continued...)
Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Perhentian 2007, Photography
