Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony 
Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> Peter writes:
> 
> > Let's not get all mystical about it.
> 
> It is not mysticism, it is hard science, as I have explained ... 
several
> times.
> 
> > A response curve is a vector
> > of scalars.
> 
> Well, that vector has only three scalars in it after you take the 
picture:
> red, green, and blue. 

No it doesn't - it has however many scalars you need for your bit 
resolution.    For a 12 bit scan it has 4096 scalars in it, and 
remember, you have three vectors - one each for the R,G, and B 
response curves.