Digital BW, The Print

thomkrahn <krahn@...>

You might gain some comfort on the bit depth issue by remembering that high
end DSLR cameras are still only 12bit (the digital backs have moved to true
16).  I was asking the question on another forum as to whether 12bits was
enough if I wanted to edit in a very large gamut space like ProPhoto RGB
rather than the narrower Adobe RGB (which excludes and hence clips many
inkjet printable colours). In short, the view was that while 16 would be
better, 12 was ok.  I think you can likely take the bit depth issue off the
table and assess the scanner on the other merits/demerits.

Steve


> From: Andre <am1000@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 13:41:31 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: scanner bits question
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "thomkrahn"
> <krahn@f...> wrote:
>> I am thinking about getting a Microtek 2500 scanner for black and
>> white 4x5.  I can get a used scanner with 12bit output somewhat
>> cheaper than a new scanner with 16 bit output.
>> 
> The Microtek 2500T may have been an 8 bits only scanner, but it was a
> capable scanner for b&w negatives. It may be surpassed by newer
> dedicated mf scanner but I'm not sure that the prosumer level scanners
> are better.
> 
> Check out this website, were the images were scanned on a Microtek
> 2500T scanner. That's the Jerry Olson website, whom is no longer with us.
> 
> http://www.westernechoes.com/
> 
> Cheers,
> André Moreau
>