> Hi Stephen, > > I don't know what he (Ed Hamrick, author of Vuescan) is referring to there, > but it's simply wrong, unless it's in some other context. Raw data has been > around LONG before Vuescan, and probably before Ed had any interest in writing > scanner software. > > It's almost silly to think that it's somehow "special" to get at the raw data. > The scanner actually has to purposely not support raw data, vs, have embedded > hardware and firmware to process the raw data to some "standard" image file > format. > > Raw files were also termed by some "HDR" for High Dynamic Range a ways back. > > Regards, > > Austin > Silverfast has been doing raw for years. Mark William Rabiner --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list