16bit to 8bit conversion with a lut

Here is the code that I am using to perform a look up table
conversion
from 16 bit imagery to 8 bit imagery.

tif_image = "in.tif"	#16 bit tiff image

# create 65536 entry lut. All 255s for demonstration
purposes
lut = []
lut = [255] * 65536
print len(lut)	# 65536, to make sure it is the right length

im1 = Image.open(tif_image)
print im1.mode	# "I;16"

im2 = im1.point(lut, "L")
im2.save("out.tif")
print "done"



When I run this, I get the following error:

Unhandled exception while debugging...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:ProjectsStare Python
DevelopmentProcessImage.py", line 34,
in ?
    im2 = im1.point(lut, "L")
  File
"C:Python24Libsite-packagesPILImage.py", line
1109, in point
    return self._new(self.im.point(lut, mode))
ValueError: wrong number of lut entries

I would rather not have to iterate through all the pixels
with a loop
since the images I am working with are 11Mpixels in size.

I am running PIL 1.1.6

Thanks.

Rich
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