I don't think anyone is trying to talk you out of making and storing 16 bit scans. If you have the time to work with that large a file, and the disk space or other storage to do so, then go and do it. I wonder what you'll be doing when 32 bit ability becomes available (not that I can see any manufacturer wasting their time, but it seems there will allows be a buyer somewhere out there (insert appropriate P.T. Barnum quote).
I think the problem is your theory doesn't actually hold any water, and since there are a lot of neophytes and newcomers to digital scanning on this list, who are impressionable, I see my job here is simply to warn them that the information you are suggesting is basically without merit and that they need not follow a path that just wastes their time and resources (unless of course, they want to). Far be it from me to tell someone so entrenched how to do their scanning. ;-) "Don't confuse me with the facts, when I'm trying to win an argument..." Art PS: If your negs are that fragile you'd be much better off finding better film stock and labs than worrying about 16 bit captures. Robert Logan wrote: > Money quote ... > Yes, here we go again. > > You CAN bombard me with facts about 8 bit being fine. > And people can 'talk up'/ 'talk down' their particular > favourite, preferred or religious route. > > I will ALWAYS scan at 16 bit, and will always archive > at 16 bit. Just because the tools today cant make my > gold 100% pure, doesnt mean the tools tomorrow wont. > > Of course, I take everything I believe with a lump > of reality, as, by the time I decide to review images > that were scanned a long time ago, and realise that > I couldve done better on the scan .. well: > > 1. The negs will have degraded ... colour lost. > 2. The scanner I used will be a dusty relic with > a wierd connector and wierder manual interface. > 3. My new scanner will laugh at the low quality > scanning I did ... > > Of course, "The 8 Bitters" are right, 8 bit is fine. > But I dont think so. See above. > > bert > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
