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

2001-12-05 by mtucker508

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." 
<mlidaka@a...> wrote:
Using your analogy, can you tell the difference between a tray 
holding 5000 apples and a shallower tray holding 2500 apples 
just by looking at the tray?


NOW we're getting it down to MY LEVEL! Yes, Maris -- you tell that 
damn Austin! You GO, girl! I love that analogy; I feel the same 
way -- I convert from 16 to 8bit, and I'm still seeing the same tray 
of rotten apples on the topmost level. But they're MY apples, so I 
love them anyway.

Here, here, for keeping this in simple English...

-Dumber

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