It'll be a long wait as they're only capable of about 5-6 bits today.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: 16 bit tiff
> Sent: Oct 10 '08 12:22
>
>
> Ken,
>
> That's true. I often convert my color images to black & white though, and I
> am still using Photoshop CS2, which doesn't have BW conversion built into
> Camera Raw, so I use Alienskin Exposure and that does give better results on
> 16 bit images. Color could be output as 8 bit with no problem once it's
> gotten right in the RAW converter but I hope someday that printers capable
> of 16bit output will be made, and I'll be ready.
>
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> On 10/9/08 12:03 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Chris Crawford wrote:
> >> The advantage of 16 bit comes from when you do a lot of photoshop work on
> >> it. Your screen can only show an 8 bit image, that's why you don't see a
> >> difference on your freshly converted RAW files...
> >
> > Which brings up a point. If, during the RAW conversion process, you are
> > able to achieve the tonal and color rendition close to final output, then
> > there is little reason to convert to 16bit. 16bit is helpful for heavy
> > editing, but if there is no editing to be done, why bother?
> >
> > During the RAW conversion process, the RAW converter is working in higher
> > bit-depth than 8-bit and the decision to save as 16-bit or 8-bit has no
> > affect on how the RAW converter actually performs.
> >
> > AG
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