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Re: [Digital BW] Bit depth, was Minolta DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO

2001-09-26 by Todd Flashner

on 9/26/01 2:41 PM, mh@... wrote:

> This does raise the question of, if the scanner is only capable of
> capturing 3.7 worth of information, why doesn't it automatically expand
> the range to fill the 16bit space, even in a raw scan.

I believe some scanners can do this, like the Imacon for one, but I don't
consider that a raw scan anymore. That's a manipulated scan.

Todd

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