Shel, Not being an expert, I chance on sharing my understanding of this. Hope someone correct me if I'm wrong.
I think the "bit depth" means how big a binary number the scanner use to describe a colour or shades of gray. So bigger numbers mean more colours. "Dynamic range" is how many "f-stops" it can separate between shadows and highlights. More would be better, I guess... Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 6:03 PM Subject: Scanning Terminology Questions > Hi ... > > I need some help with terminology. > > What is "bit depth" and what's important about it? > What's "dynamic range" and is more always better? > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > "Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money" > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
