Digital BW, The Print

Because I shoot color film typically and use it for for both color 
and B&W, when I convert some to B&W in RGB mode, then save as  
grayscale -- duh! Thanks! 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" 
<tyler@...> wrote:
>
> sounds like you may be in RGB, try grayscale for files 1/3 that 
size.
> If you are concerned about what channel is used, there is a setting 
in
> Silverfast allowing your preference- 
> Tyler
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveabrink"
> <steveabrink@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm shooting a Mamiya 7ii w/ 6x7cm film and scan w/ a Microtek 
120 MF 
> > scanner w/ Silverfast. The problem is when I scan at 4000 ppi 
optical 
> > at 16 bit my resulting files are 500+ MB, and that is w/o 
adjustment 
> > layers in the post processing stage which can be 1 gb+!  The 
quality 
> > BTW is usually better than my 5D Canon... I've tested 
downsampling to 
> > 3200 and even 2400 ppi and I really can't see a difference which 
brings 
> > it down nearly half the file size.  I'm not even sure I can see a 
> > differnce when downsampling from 16 bit to 8 bit if I don't do 
much 
> > post processing. I'm just wondering what other folks do to keep 
there 
> > files sizes reasonable and still attain the highest quality...? 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > SteveB
> >
>