Digital BW, The Print

It boils down  to what, if any advantage there is to working with 8-bit v. 16-bit images, and different genuine experts will give different answers - Dan Margulis says 16-bit is unnecessary and has issued a challenge to prove otherwise, while Bruce Fraser maintains that it is generally better to start with 16-bit files because (in color images anyway) of the additional color information available.

This is a debate which has been carried on to a great extent on Dan Margulis's Color Theory list, and there is an archive of the thread at
http://www.ledet.com/margulis/ACT_postings/ACT-8-bit-16-bit.html

Maris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Tucker" <mark@marktucker.com>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] 16-bit Scanning: Why?


| Can anybody tell me in twenty words or less what the advantage 
| is of scanning in 16-bit?
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| I heard one guy say that he can let his assistant scan images in 
| 16-bit, and have them just set the black and white point, and do 
| nothing else. Then he comes in after them and really tweaks the 
| file.
| 
| This scenario above makes sense I guess, but it sure doesn't 
| apply to me. Past that, if you neg is properly exposed, and your 
| scanner is good to begin with (Imacon), why would I ever want to 
| do this?
| 
| When I've tested it in the past, and resampled from 16 to 8-bit, I 
| see absolutely no change in the file. Am I missing something?
| 
| -Simpleton
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