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RE: [Digital BW] 16-bit histogram was Re: Bit depth, was Minolta DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO

2001-09-27 by Austin Franklin

> > > but if you push the image past that point it may
> > > still look okay on screen but posterize when you print it.
> >
> > With NO gaps in the histogram?  Do you mean the image may look OK
> on screen,
> > or the histogram may look OK on screen?  What's the "it" you refer
> to?
>
> Austin,
>
> Sorry, I was referring to the situation where the histogram has gaps,
> the onscreen image still looks good but when you print the image it
> posterizes.
>
> Martin

Yeah, I'd really like to see better monitors...higher resolution and better
tonality handling.  Something can look great on the screen, but because of
the very limited dynamic range of the screen...you don't see the "problems"
that show up on printing.  It could also be a calibration (gamma) issue?

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