>Just because the tools today cant make my >gold 100% pure, doesnt mean the tools tomorrow wont.
While I agree if one is talking about producing archive masters but not with respect to working files, this agreement is tempered by an understanding that Austin may be right that the visability and usefulness in terms of practical manifestations of the image are restricted by constraints such as the limitation of the human eye ( a constraint which is not relevent with respect to creating archive masters where one is attempting to capture as much raw data about the image as one can so as to have a large enough universe of data to handle future improvements in applications and hardware devices that might be able to make use of the additional data in performing their functions) and by the fact that current scans and the files derived from them ( archival or working files) may be rendered non-usable by future advances in technology which renders the reading of said files obsolete, resulting in their production being an experiment in futility. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Logan Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 4:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
