[filmscanners] RE: 8 bit versus 16

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

Hi Bob,

I, for one, would love to hear how you like the Minolta 5400!

Regards,

Austin

> Austin,
>
> I've tended to use the 16bit (14?) output from my Nikon 4000 scanner and
> stay in 16bit (because the maths argument sounds OK, and Bruce
> Fraser seems
> to be in favour of 16bit). However, I'm just trying out a Minolta
> 5400, and
> the 16bit files are 233 MB! I might just accept your argument and
> reduce the
> size of my files back to about 100MB by converting to 8bit.
>
> Bob Frost.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>
>
> Exactly, but to claim that you "need" to use 16 bit data (for color) is
> simply wrong, and was my point, and why I was very careful in what I said.
> People can tout this, and espouse theory, all they want, but reality shows
> otherwise.  If you want to argue this, it's important to
> understand what the
> impact of theory has on reality.  As I've stated clearly, 16 bit
> data *MAY*
> be beneficial for *SOME* images, but not for all.  For some people, it may
> be more significant than others, depending on what it is they photograph.
>
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