Bert, I'm with you. These guys must be smoking dope besides having poor color discrimination. This exchange is hilarious.
Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Logan > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 2:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16 > > > Arthur Entlich wrote: > > > I don't think anyone is trying to talk you out of making > and storing > > 16 bit scans. > > Good. Thats where I am. > > > 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. > > Thanks. > > > wonder what you'll be doing when 32 bit ability becomes available > > Hopefully not rescanning all my negatives, and moping around > listening to tired old arguments. As ever, I'll be hoping > someone else tests it and finds it flaws. And someone else > decrys 32 bit as too much, and 4 bit as just right. > > > 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, > > God yes, you are right. Lets make sure they get the facts, > the facts and the facts. Not just your view which is pallid. > You are telling me that there is no point in using 16 bit, > yet working with grayscale there is! And the colour > separations on RGB (the 256 colour 8 bit ones, are fine to > work on) - yet not on B&W. P.T. who? > > > 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). > > Or they might want to follow youre religion, and miss out on > enlightenment. Sigh. Funny how technology and its use makes > people descend into these petty mailing list melees. > > > Far be it from me to tell someone so entrenched how to do their > > scanning. ;-) > > Entrenched .. no bloody way, Im just right ;) > > bert > -- > Linux - reaches the parts that other beers fail to reach. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------- > 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
