Digital BW, The Print

Gary Brown wrote:
> Could someone elaborate, on the advantages of using 16 bit conversions vs 8
> bit.
> 
> My digital capture is done with a 20D in RAW (obviously). I use Raw Shooter
> to convert, I prefer it over the converter in CS2.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> www.pbase.com/garyallenbrown
> 
> 

A lot of editing will result in some discarded data, especially levels 
editing. With 8 bit, this starts to affect the image quite quickly, 
resulting in a very jagged histogram. 16 bit alleviates this issue.

Capture/edit in 16 bit, export to 8 bit for posting/printing is a good 
rule of thumb.

-Adam