Digital BW, The Print

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I asked the photographer if he worked his images in 16 bit mode. He 
replied "sure I always convert to 16 bit after all the work is done 
and I am ready to save the file". Jeez, another favor gone bad. 
Without going into detail I took the negatives and re-scanned them on 
my drum. I made selections on 8 bit file copies and inserted them 
into the 16 bit file. I made all curves and level adjustments in 16 
bit mode and never once converted to 8 bit until the image was 
finished and I was ready to print.

Greetings:
  How did you do any burning / dodging / painting / etc.  when that 
only happens in 8 bit, or am I missing something??
....confused--yet again.....
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