Digital BW, The Print

Oops, whatever happened to clocks with hours, minutes, and seconds...Oh
well, same difference. ;-)

Todd
  
>> Do you think there is any advantage gained from converting an 8 bit
>> image (usually a .jpg from a Nikon 5000) to 16 bit before doing any
>> adjustments in PS?.
>> 
> 
> I personally don't think so because I don't think our output methods can
> even display the subtle differences that already exist between all 255
> shades in an 8-bit file, let alone tens of shades between each of the 255
> integers.
> 
> Lets say you have a digital clock that clicks off the time one second at a
> time: 12:01..12:02..12:03..12:04..
> 
> Does it matter if in order to make a certain calculation of time you add in
> tenths of seconds,
> 12:0100..12:0101..12:0102..12:0103..12:0104....12:0199..12:0200, if
> ultimately your result will be displayed as either 12:01 or 12:02?
> 
> Furthermore, from what I've seen, quadtone prints are really only able to
> display some every other integer or less. (Some 100 tones out of 255). It
> would be like a clock whose sequence was 12:01..12:03..12:05...
> 
> Todd