Hi Bob, I, for one, would love to hear how you like the Minolta 5400!
Regards, Austin > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
