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Re[2]: [Digital BW] 16 bit vs 8 bit difference, Re Glen Mitchell´s posting

2004-01-04 by Anthony G. Atkielski

Austin Franklin writes:

> In fact, none *really* do.

I'm sure there are hyperexpensive sensors and magic drum scanners out
there that can fill a full sixteen bits, if money is no object, so I
didn't want to exclude anything.  It wouldn't be anything in my budget
range, though.

> That's not true.

Well, I just did a test, and visually they are hard to tell apart.
Granted, I only did one simple manipulation on the test images.

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