Austin, I've tended to use the 16bit (14?) output from my Nikon 4000 scanner and stay in 16bit (because the maths argument sounds OK, and Bruce Fraser seems to be in favour of 16bit). However, I'm just trying out a Minolta 5400, and the 16bit files are 233 MB! I might just accept your argument and reduce the size of my files back to about 100MB by converting to 8bit.
Bob Frost. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Exactly, but to claim that you "need" to use 16 bit data (for color) is simply wrong, and was my point, and why I was very careful in what I said. People can tout this, and espouse theory, all they want, but reality shows otherwise. If you want to argue this, it's important to understand what the impact of theory has on reality. As I've stated clearly, 16 bit data *MAY* be beneficial for *SOME* images, but not for all. For some people, it may be more significant than others, depending on what it is they photograph. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
