What about a case in which two investigators have differences about what cutoff to apply to the data, for example, A thinks that Rsym of 50 should be used regardless of I/sig, and B thinks that I/sig of 2 and Rpim should be used. Usually A would cut off the data at a lower resolution than B, especially with high multiplicity, so B would love to have the images to see what extra info could be gleaned from a higher-res cutoff. Or the converse, A is skeptical of B's cutoff, and wants to see whether the data according to A's cutoff justify B's conclusion. Don't these types of things happen a lot, and wouldn't images be helpful for this?
JPK