> The interesting question then is, does the ACR generated file have gamma > applied? > Sorry, I don't think the TIFF I made from your raw file is going to be of any use, looks like ACR doesn't do linear output... So comparing both TIFFs doesn't say anything unfortunately... Looking at this pdf (http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/linear_gamma.pdf) it looks like your linear tiff is actually as expected... Again, sorry for the red herring :) > cheers > afx > > -- > http://afximages.com/ >