OK ... I think I've got it now. One more question. Everyone's describing color. How does all this work with B&W? Do I need as many bits to get good B&W results?
Jan van Wijk wrote: > Yes, except that "16 bits" is not 16 > different colors but "2 to the power of 16" > which is 65536! > > (see my other reply for more examples) > > In you above anlogy, you could have a pixel > using "24 bits" which would be 8 bits for each > basic color Red, Green and Blue. > > It would mean the scanner can select between > 256 different Reds, 256 different Greens > and 256 different Blue cans of paint to mix > to get the color for that one pixel. > (that is over 16 million different colors to choose from) -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - 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 .
