[Leica] BW scanning

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

I believe the debate is moot with the new versions of the scanning SW. The 
key is to scan in 16 bits. So BW 16 bits gives you the range of data you 
need, and still with limited file size. RGB is 3 channels so the file will 
be bigger.

You can verify this by scanning in as RGB and then look at the histogram 
for all 3 channels. If the individual histogram is different, then scanning 
as RGB has the edge. Otherwise, if all 3 channels are the same, then you 
just duplicate the data 3 times with no benefit.

At 05:37 PM 9/13/2005, Ernest Nitka wrote:

>This is a question for which there might not be a clear right
>answer.  when scanning BW negs what are the pros/cons of scanning
>grayscale vs. RGB?  I ran across one commentator who said it did not
>matter - others feel strongly that it should always be done RGB.  BTW
>I'm using a Nikon CoolScan and VueScan.
>
>Ernie

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