sjefjans Posted May 16, 2011 Share #1 Posted May 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I used to scan on 48-bit sRGB in Vuescan. Files are large. Now I made a mistake and I scanned a couple of negatives (black&white) in 16-bit. I noticed that the profile is not sRGB but gray gamma 22 or something like that. I know I can reset this profile, but would it be practical and better to choose 48-bit and go to grayscale in photoshop instead of scanning in 16-bit? I would accept the considerably larger files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Hi sjefjans, Take a look here 16-bit or 48-bit. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted May 16, 2011 Share #2 Posted May 16, 2011 I scan black and white negatives as 16 bit greyscale files. I have experiemnted several times and have never seen any advantage in scanning black and white negatives in colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefjans Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted May 16, 2011 Thanks Andy. Which icc profile do you use for B&W? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 16, 2011 Share #4 Posted May 16, 2011 I don't use an ICC profile for anything other than Kodachrome and I don't use that any longer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 16, 2011 Share #5 Posted May 16, 2011 I scan black and white negatives as 16 bit greyscale files. I have experiemnted several times and have never seen any advantage in scanning black and white negatives in colour. Same here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted May 16, 2011 Share #6 Posted May 16, 2011 And me. Every now and then I think I have something better, but I always end up back at 16bit grayscale for B&W Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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