Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" 
> The only operation that benefits from 16 bits is tonal 
adjustment.  All the
> things you mention above don't benefit from higher bit depth, 
unless your
> output takes 16 bit data.


Can you explain exactly what you mean by tonal adjustments? 
Do you mean Levels and/or Curves adjustments only? Not to be 
a dork, but is it possible to describe this advantage in simple 
English; not like N gets converted to blah blah?

Could you describe a simple scan workflow example? And how 
doing levels/curves would be better in 16bit?

Like Wilford Brimley says, "If working in 16-bit is the right thing to 
do", then I'll do it. I promise. I just haven't heard the words yet that 
convince me.

-MarkTucker