[filmscanners] Advantage of scanning in 16 bits (was: Help with Vuescan?)

["Bob Shomler" <bob@shomler.com>]

>Wouldn't an image scanned with 8 bit colour depth be the same with an
>image scanned at 16 bit and converted in PS at 8 bit?
>Or in other words what are the advantages of scanning in 16 bit?

Bruce Fraser has written a good explanatory article on the pros and cons of 
editing in 16-bit mode at creativepro: "The High-Bit Advantage -- Why bother 
working with 36- or 48-bit color when you're stuck with 24-bit output?"

  www.creativepro.com/story/news/7627.html?cprose=I20

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Bob Shomler
http://www.shomler.com/

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