Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > > At 12:55 PM 06-06-98 -0700, you wrote: > >Pieter, > >Your experience is quite different from Donal's. Frankly, I'm more > >surprised by his story than yours.(Should check back and see if he > >mentioned the lab). However, there are many factors that can affect > >apparent sharpness, not the least of which is scan resolution--1500x2250 > >pixels is only a 3Mb file-- > > Actually, I think it is more like a 10 meg file. There are 3 bytes for > every pixel (red, green blue). 8-bits per color is not enough to do a reasonable scan. 10-bits per color is close to being OK. 12-bits is much better, yet even at this depth you are only achieving a color range akin to 400ASA film (in my experience). m