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RE: [Digital BW] 16-bit Scanning: Why?

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

Maris,

> Are you on Dan's Color Theory List?  If not, I will try to find
> the challenge (it was according to Dan mis-paraphrased at some
> point so I want to find it in accurate form) and will send it off-list.

I am not on the list...please do send it to me.

> As to the argument that you lose tonal values, his response is
> that theoretically you do but in the real world the result is
> identical.  I am not an expert so I will not take sides one way
> or the other.

The fact that you lose tonal values isn't theoretical, it's just a plain old
fact...kind of like 1 apple + 1 apple = 2 apples.  It's a simple experiment
you can try your self ;-)

Regards,

Austin

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