Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
>  
> > Todd, did you get what I was saying about 10 vs 14 bit in the other
> > posts?
> 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Honestly, I'm on the edge. I feel a little more info and I'll get this
> securely, a little more confusion and I'll loose it completely. Would you
> run through it again, so I'm 100% clear?
> 
> Todd

okay, I have a simple way to describe it.

Your image on a 10 bit scanner has a range from A to B, but the scanner 
can capture from A to C (ABD).  On a 14bit scanner, it would still be A 
to b, but the scanners range would be increased to ABCD. All of this 
would be on a section of the 16bit range which would be ABCDE. 

This is why a 14bit scanner does not capture more information than a 
10bit scanner as long as the negative is within it's drange 
capabilities.

Again, I am not sure if this is true, this is just what Austin was 
saying "because of how scanners are designed"

-mikeH