I don't think it's Kodak trying to make their nomenclature a "standard",
I think it's just their nomenclature. My scans came on a non-Kodak CD
with Nortisu viewing software. The software was pretty silly so I just
copied the files to local hard drive.
Thanks to all for refreshing my memory as well.
Earl
Moose wrote:
>Andreas Pirner wrote:
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>>Moose wrote:
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>>>Earl Dunbar wrote:
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>>>><>I ordered develop only and high res scan... "16-base" scans,
>>>>whatever that means.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>That should mean that the full dynamic range of the scanner, probably 14
>>>bit per color per pixel, is delivered to you. Because of the way
>>>computers work in bytes, if you don't go to some trouble, it is
>>>delivered in two byte chunks, 16 bits, per color per pixel.
>>>
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>>Sorry, Moose. You are wrong with this.
>>
>>16-base is ONLY reffering to resolution, that is pixel size of the scans. A
>>quick googling revealed
>><http://www.plumdigital.com/2_datasheets/pcdinfo.html> giving some overview
>>to 16-base, 64-base and
>>other bases. Kodak defined those when starting their PhotoCD thing.
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>I stand corrected. I wasn't aware that Kodak had, once again, defined
>something in a proprietory way that defied common understanding. Nothing
>like obfuscation with nomenclature that requires one to memorize a table
>for it to make any sense to keep the customer off balance. I remember
>looking at Kodak's table of available resolutions, but I forgot the
>goofy nomenclature.
>
>Aren't PhotoCDs, with their proprietary format, a thing of the past by
>now? Scans I've priced or bought in the last few years have simply been
>defined by pixel size, bit depth and format and came as standard files
>on CDs
>
>Moose
>
>
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