Graeme,
I kind of wrote this as a thank you all for all your replies and as the show
must go on kind of thought.
But what you wrote here intrigues me in many ways and your approach
basically close the subject on this 16 bit printing stuff. Using your metric
one would need an instrument capable of measuring Delta E of well below
0.005 units. The one I intend to buy can only go down to 0.1 under the best
condition. In other words 16 bit printing is most likely just marketing BS.
But I assume if not really 16 bit, maybe 9, possibly 10 would still be an
improvement. My goal is still the same, I shoot a lot of flowers and
critters of all sort and I would like to print as much as possible the
colors and or gamut that I captured with my 14 bit sensor. I'm only looking
to get the most of these images. Before you mention it, I know perfectly
well my eyes (I'm 60+), my monitor and probably my printer as well can't
print much if anything above 8 bit anyway? So I'll concentrate my effort
more on refining as much as possible the profile I use for printing and
finding better papers. I read a post elsewhere that gave a hint on how to
reduce if not eliminate 8 bit artifacts like banding. I'll be on the lookout
for anything that can help.
Many thanks Graeme, your approach closed the subject on this matter for me.
Thanks again,
Yves
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Subject: [argyllcms] Re: testing
Yves Gauvreau wrote:
At first, I kind of wondered if in a forensic kind of way it was possibleto distinguish
between a 8 and a 16 bit print. It seem, it could be a waste of time toeven try. But I'll
still get myself an I1 Studio and try my best to get the most out of mywork at least
color wise.