Digital BW, The Print

If all you did was print them straight away, as is, you are unlikely to see
any difference.  The advantage comes in editing - 16 bit (actually just the
bit depth of your camera, so just 10/12bits -  I don't know what the 20D
has) will allow you considerably more editing without degradation of the
file leading to posterization and other issues.  The only downside is
storage space and memory use - both cheap.

BTW I am very surprised you don't like ACR in CS2 (it kills C1 for example)


> From: Gary Brown <baffin@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 06:46:48 -0700
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] 8 bit vs 16 bit conversions
> 
> 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