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.

Hi Maris,

I would like to see Margulis's challenge, because for tonal adjustments you
MUST MUST MUST do them with high-bit data, or you lose tonal values, period.
That isn't arguable at all.  And it DOES matter when doing B&W, especially
with Piezo, less so for color, but it still matters.

What I have found, is sometimes the purported expert isn't saying what you
think he's saying...problem with this "field" is not only the misuse of
terminology, but the reference one is talking from.

Regards,

Austin