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

2001-12-06 by Austin Franklin

Hi Todd, ... No. Actually, it s the opposite! Oversampling does the OPPOSITE of sharpening, it smooth out the transitions between samples...where sharpening

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Re: Cone Drivers

2001-12-06 by ruhrfoto

... Yes, ... keeping in mind that the Piezo Pro 24 Rip for the 7000 is another animal... Bernd

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Re: Cone Drivers

2001-12-06 by ruhrfoto

... used ... Yes again, Don, the latest version offers (optional) printer choosing during the installing-procedure. For Quadtone printing (Cone inks or MIS FS)

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MT's show/lecture at RIT

2001-12-06 by Mark Carpenter

... Mark, Drat! I have plans for tomorrow. How long does the show run? If the prints are only going to be there the one night, I may skip out on my friends and

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Re: Cone Drivers

2001-12-06 by donbga

... So if the Cone driver for the 1160 were purchased could it be used later for a hextone printer like the 1270 or 1280? I m confused. Thanks, Don Bryant

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

2001-12-06 by Todd Flashner

... Isn t this similar to the argument for sharpening? I ve always heard the need for sharpening explained something like, all CCD scans require some kind

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

2001-12-06 by Austin Franklin

Hi Bruce, ... Not a bandaid at all. ALL digital output requires some kind of filter to smooth out the stepping, it s just part of digital to analog

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Re: OT: User name/ email adress

2001-12-06 by mtucker508

... checked my ... Antonis, I think what he s talking about is related to all this wacky Yahoo business lately. The name that shows up on my posts also changed

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

2001-12-06 by Austin Franklin

... I scan 35mm at 5080 and do not sharpen. I shoot with Leica and Contax (Zeiss) lenses, and find I do not have a need to sharpen. I expose and also develop

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Re: OT: User name/ email adress

2001-12-06 by antonisphoto

... o profile: Your name instead of a partial email address on posts . http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/List-relat= ed

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

2001-12-06 by sunshine_1451

I agree that it is essentially an aesthetic decision. However, if it is the case that the Kodak, Nikon, and Polaroid scanners in the 4000dpi range are bit soft

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

2001-12-06 by Bill Morse

Typically need sharpening... See, this is what I was trying to get at in my earlier post about Martin s photo of the chimney- It s all an aesthetic, and

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

2001-12-06 by Bruce Kinch

HI Austin- ... Yeah, attracts similar types:-) ... No, I meant 48 or 96 to 44, and 20-24 to 8. Oversampling and upsampling has always seemed like just more

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

2001-12-06 by Bruce Kinch

HI Austin- ... Yeah, attracts similar types:-) ... No, I meant 48 or 96 to 44, and 20-24 to 8. Oversampling and upsampling has always seemed like just more

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

2001-12-06 by sunshine_1451

Thanks, Bill, for the information. I d be interested in hearing whether others who work from 35mm scanned images (let s say scanned at 3600dpi or above) make a

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

Hi Todd, ... Well, my images DON T posterize, since I know what to do so I don t get posterization ;-) ... Most are, but my 800ASA+ images usually have visible

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Cone Drivers

2001-12-05 by donbga

Hi Folks, Over the past few days I have been thinking about purchasing an Epson 3000 printer. I currently own an 1160 printer. If I purchase the Cone

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Re: Varnishes, was Beyond the name

2001-12-05 by mtucker508

... , or is it the varnish? ... I m loving playing around with these sprays on this MediaStreet canvas. Here s the status report: When the liquid varnish hits

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

Hi Bill, ... Thank you. ... Shot with a Hasselblad 110/2 AT f2. Depth of field is 0.018 meters (.7 ) at a distance of 1 meter...that s reasonably shallow. ...

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

2001-12-05 by Todd Flashner

... I don t know what really happens numerically when you do an 8-bit to 16-bit conversion, but I don t think it helps. When you do a rotation, or an

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

2001-12-05 by Bill Morse

Hi Austin, nice image- In looking at the photo, I assume that the selective focus is from depth-of-field? Let me know if I am missing anything Bill on 12/5/01

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

Hi Bob, ... I don t know what you mean. No matter what the scanner bit depth, if it is above 8, it returns 16 bit data...you even though you get 16 bits from

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

Hi Phil, ... ALL that happens when you convert from 16 bit to 8 bits is the bottom 8 bits is lopped off and the top 8 is used...NO real processing at all

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

2001-12-05 by Bob Frost

Austin, But if your scanner only scans at 10, 12, or 14 bit, you would surely be much better to do the scans at 16bit in PS, even if it means going from 8bit

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

... Maris, For color, I won t dispute that at this point, but for B&W, which is exclusively what we are talking about on this list, I DO dispute that. I

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

... I can agree with that, that s why I specifically said that if you have combing, you MAY get posterization, but if you get posterization you WILL have

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

... Hi, Quality of printer doesn t matter. I believe he (being Dan Margulis) is talking about color, and WE, as in this list, are talking about B&W ONLY. You

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

2001-12-05 by Bill Morse

Chris, I believe this comes from the pre-press world, and in addition is several years out-of-date- when scanning at lower resolution, with file size limited

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

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

... If you do your tone curves in the scanner driver, it will be done on high bit data, no matter whether you are getting 8 bit or high bit data out. My

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