[Image-SIG] how to work with 16 bit tiff using PIL

[dima osin]

Good Day

At work I mostly use 16 bit TIFF images saved by CCD cameras or from scanned films. I 
started using Python and it seems that I cannot operate with 16 bit TIFF images using 
PIL off the box. I'm new to Python, so may be I do something wrong. If it is possible 
to operate with 16 bit tiff using the recent 1.1.5 PIL, please, advice me. I will be 
very grateful for your help.
Thank you in advance.
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Dima Osin
Weizmann Institute of Science