Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: dMax and Dyanmic range - scanners
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:46:31 -0500

> >> If you don't agree with this consider the fact that *all*
> images output to
> >> consumer printers are reduced to 8 bits before being printed.
> >
> > GRAYSCALE images, yes...but color images are 8 bits/color...and
> there are
> > three colors per pixel, so color is actually 24
> bits/pixel...which is why
> > you can manipulate color images in an "8 bit space" without
> getting into any
> > trouble...and grayscale in 8 bits is far more "sensitive".
>
> Correct, but we are used to talking about '8 bit color images' I think.

Johnny?  Did you miss some sleep?  What do you mean by '8 bit color images'?
It's 24 bit color (3 colors times 8 bits/color)...  You could say '8 bitS
per color images' and that would make more sense...

Austin

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