Digital BW, The Print

<e.neilsen2@...> wrote:
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> I think a little too much is being made about the 
> "non destructive" editing of RAW vs PS, ...

I suspect you're right.

If the cameras have 14 bit processing internally and we have 16 bits 
per channel in PS, isn't there more than enough headroom to handle all 
the information the camera can produce?  (And with high bit RGB files, 
this is a huge amount of information.)

I have yet to see evidence of differences when it comes to things like 
curves.  

I suspect things like noise reduction might, at least theorectially, be 
best done by equipment-specific software, just because the 
manufacturers should know more about their specific products, and, of 
course, this is a major part of what is going on in the CMOS chips and 
processors on these new cameras.  But curves, etc. seem rather generic, 
and, as such, I suspect Photoshop is just as good.

It would be nice to see some hard evidence.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com