RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan & VS Negative dynamic range

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

> ... but you better have all the RGB data ... and 12bits is necessary to
> capture 11 f-stops.

That is just not true.  F-stops are relative to the film, NOT to the
scanner.  You can expand the exposure range on the film through exposure and
development.