[Leica] Canon Introducs 2 new digital SLRs

[dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis Painter)]

I have to think the number of bits simply depends upon the analog to
digital converter(s) used. In camera firmware processing is just some
extrapolation to create data that may not always be accurate.

Adam Bridge wrote:

> I've been under the impression (possibly dubious) that all current
> cameras do an 8 bit capture of data from the sensor for each color.
>
> For any pixel, however, being a combination of color sites, you'll
> need more than 8 bits to deal with the full dynamic range which is
> captured in 12 bits. However, there aren't many 12 bit color image
> file  formats so they are converted to 16 bits  -  no data lost but
> nothing gained either except in that initial blending of 8 bit color
> sites to 12 bit pixels.
>
> Is the DMR different from this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam