Digital BW, The Print

Anthony,

The Minolta 5400 and Nikon 5000 scanners claim to be 16-bit, and my graphics
card (Matrox P750) claims to be 10-bit.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony G. Atkielski" <anthony@...>
>
>  No commonly available display or
> printing technology allows you to clearly distinguish more than 8 bits
> of tonality in the result.  No commonly available image capture system
> allows you to capture more than about 12-14 bits in the original image
> (with electronic cameras, the limitation is the image sensor; with film,
> the limitation is the scanner).