Digital BW, The Print

> He stated a "case if you have a film with a DR which is small enough
> that it can be captured by a 10-bit scanner, but you scan it with a 14-
> bit scanner?"
>
> you answered "Color negative film has a higher dynamic range" which I
> guess was in reference to BW film, which has nothing to do with the
> question.

I believe the second part of my statement "you get more tones, but it's not
from intermediate tones, but from wider range of tones on the end(s)"
answered the question, whether or not you believe the first statement is
relevant.