Default gamma in image acquisition software

Posted by Benjamin Smith on
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I had a question about commercial/open-source image acquisition software.
Considering that on most scientific equipment intensity is measured on a
linear scale (on a good day), does the corresponding image software show
that same data rendered with a default 0.45 gamma to offset the 2.2 gamma
in the monitor (i.e. render the raw data as it would appear to the eye), or
do they simply leave in the 2.2 gamma leading to over contrasted images as
the default setting?

I searched and found a thread on the listserv from 2017 about this, but
only in regards to cameras and monitors as opposed to the software.  In
this case, I'm more interested in the software and what the "industry
standard" is for displaying linear scale image data on computer monitors.

Thanks for any insights,
   Ben Smith

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