Digital BW, The Print

Really depends on how much you are doing in the way of adjustments.     Try it both ways and look at the difference in the histograms for both.  You will find you have a lot more margin with the 16bit.   However all that being said if your not doing much in the way of adjustments not sure you will see much.

Paul
On May 7, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Sylvain wrote:

> Hi all,
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> As a Gimp user, I'm just wondering whether the 16bits (not available on Gimp but only on PS) is really an advantage for B&W pictures. Did any one make a comparison between 8 and 16bits processing, in the case of a standard image retouching? Is there really a difference on the final print?
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