Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, julie stapen 
<jsstapen@y...> wrote:
> I use the 10D and have seen slight posterization in
> B&W's as well. I'm confused on all the terminology
> though... what is 16 bit in PS-CS? I'd love to try... 
> Do you first change it to grayscale in photoshop and
> then convert it to 16 bit color? I use photoshop 7 on
> mac osx. Also I've seen a lot on using curves, is that
> better than using levels?
> Thanks so much!!
> Julie

Use the PS RAW plug-in and convert your .CRW file to 16 bits there.

If you have a JPEG file, I doubt that it would make any difference 
converting it to 16 bits in Photoshop.

Cheers,
Andre