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RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan & VS Negative dynamic range
> > The 8 bit data represents only "a" dynamic range for THAT scan, not a
> > "specific" dynamic range. That is why a slide scan that has a dynamic
> > range
> > of say 3.6 can map into 8 bit data, as well as a B&W negative that has a
> > dynamic range of 2.2 can map into 8 bit data.
>
> Ah right, sorry, I thought you were resurrecting the 'scanner ODR has
> nothing to do with bit depth' proposition.
Well, technically, there is no reason that has to match either...it's by
someone's choice (or pure dumb luck) that it does. I've given the two
bit/three state example that holds perfectly true.
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