Re: 8 verses 16 bit

[Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <5.1.0.14.0.20020303004626.02a6aec0@mail.silcom.com>, Hersch 
Nitikman <hersch@silcom.com> writes

>To the best of my understanding, neither a color print, (whether 
>chemical or inkjet) nor a monitor, whether CRT or LCD (or plasma 
>display) have a gamut that exceeds the 8-bit image. If this is so, then 
>the best/only(?) reason for going to 16 bits per primary color is to 
>have spare pixels to maintain the quality of the image through the 
>editing/optimization process, before dropping down to 8 bits for 
>display. Am I wrong in this?

Not as far as I am aware.

> If so, I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like to know wherein.

<AOL>
Me too!!!
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-- 
Kennedy
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