Got it. Regards, Bob.... -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy!" - Benjamin Franklin
From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >When you get more bits in a scanner, it's unlikely that you get more > latitude though. The maximum number is always the machine code for maximum > brightness and 0 is off - no light emitted from your screen for that color. > What you should get is more resolution in the brightness scale. > > Regards, > Bob....< > > you get more latitude if the maximum brightness of the light is higher at > the maximum value and zero really is very low and noisefree. suppose the > maximum was 320 lux instead of 300. (numbers are pulled out of the air.) > there isn't any standard way of saying it in scanner literature. one of the > advantages promoted for the new Ektachrome G films is that they are more > transparent when completely exposed. that means more transmittance and > potentially more dynamic range, if the scanner's imaging element can handle > it.
