Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark- Quite true, any decent scanner scans to at least 12 bit depth. However, the data is generally mapped to 8 bits/color/pixel when written to a file, such as a TIFF file. - -Mike At 02:05 PM 6/6/1998 -0700, Mark, you wrote... >Dan Cardish wrote: >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 > >