Digital BW, The Print

> Hi all-
>
> I thought Austin was going to address this in the last 16/8 thread,
> but it died <g>.

Hi Tom,

Sorry, I didn't know something was still pending...

> 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?.

Probably not...but try it and find out for your self ;-)  As others have
suggested, using a lossless file type (like TIFF) would give you better
results.

> I've been do it just to make the Silver Oxide filter easier to use,
> but I feel like it might just be giving me smoother prints. Doesn't
> make sense, but it seems that way.

Print a few using each method, pencil mark on the back which is which,
shuffle them up and put them up on a board and look at them for a few
days...and see if you get it right.  I have a 4' x 8' magnetic white board,
and strip magnets that I put up A<->B prints for comparisons just like this.
I stare at them for weeks (literally ;-) and see if I'm imaging what I
believe is true, or not...

Regards,

Austin