I've just been reading some Nikon literature about their new scanners, and
I have some questions about the terminology. The ad states that the
coolscan IV ED yeilds 48 bit images (48 bits per pixel?). Later, it
states that the scanner has a color bit depth of 24 or 36 bits. What does
this refer to? It also states that the scanner has a dynamic range of
3.6. What is a scanner's dynamic range? Can anyone suggest an article
somewhere on the web or elsewhere that explains all this? Thanks.
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Dr. Paul Patton
Beckman Institute Rm 3027 405 N. Mathews St.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois 61801
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and science."
-Albert Einstein
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