In a message dated 12/18/2005 1:22:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe you can get better resultant tonality when working in 16-bit because you're starting with more information and are often loosing less of it. So the 8-bit conversion has more info than if you worked on it as an 8-bit file from the beginning. Plus - and this is important to consider - although rare, there are some printers that will work in greater than 8-bit mode right now, and at some point that will probably be more common. When that happens it might be nice to have a 16-bit file to print from.
Shel ======== Good pt. Thanks Shel. I never alter the original RAW, but must admit I don't have a logical system yet for the PDF/JPEG variations. I probably should have some sort of work folders. I tend to just save them along with the RAWs in their folders. But it does mean that sometimes I can't find the version I especially liked. I also have the same problem with some my scans from slides. For instance, I can't find the barn version I liked -- still one of my favorite photos to date. Call me stupid, or call me Marnie. :-)
