My office is pretty bright today. I really need to get blinds for the windows one day. Brightens of a room affects the range of contrast that can be seen.
Back when I did color correction at a print shop we worked in very dark rooms.
I often do reviews while still in bed and the room is pretty dark but today I did reviews in my office which gets the morning sun beaming in so bright that I feel like I'm getting a tan.
So I recalibrated my monitor after seeing that I only saw 15 of the 16 steps on this greyscale and based on this image my monitor should have a lower gammer than what I've been using, at least in bright light.
Now that I've recalibrated my Apple 30" LCD I can actually see the gallery links on the screen shot that I posted now although they are still very dark.
I'm going to check again after my office is dark as I prefer to work in a very dark room.
On a side note I guess I really should get around to putting blinds in my office's windows as I've been saying that I need to for over 20 years now.