> From: Bob Frost > > I've tended to use the 16bit (14?) output from my Nikon 4000 scanner and > stay in 16bit (because the maths argument sounds OK, and Bruce > Fraser seems > to be in favour of 16bit). However, I'm just trying out a Minolta > 5400, and > the 16bit files are 233 MB! I might just accept your argument and > reduce the > size of my files back to about 100MB by converting to 8bit.
You might also consider a JPEG2000 plug-in, because it can do 16-bit compression. I get 5X-10X with no visible artifacts. LuraWave's is very good. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
