Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The DMR chip captures 14 bit directly into 16 bit DNG files. Thats why DMR RAW filres are 20mb And the 8 bit DNGs from the M8 are 10mb I think the upper end Canon's chips capture 12bits of data. I am sure a Canon user will chime in here. Eric On 1/10/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Guys this is an area of great interest to me. I do wish that I had that > LFI article. AFAIK no digital camera sensor captures at a > higher bit rate than that. There's a lot that I don't understand regarding > that processing within the camera. However empirically, > when you manipulate the M8 RAW files tonal range within Photoshop they ARE > emphatically superior to any 8 bit file and certainly as > robust as any 16 bit scan from 35mm (which is my own experience). > So I join Eric in hoping that a LUG member of scientific bent can give us > an insight into the in-camera processing. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto: > lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Didier Ludwig > Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2007 22:21 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Article in LFI > > > >So.. Isn't the weakest link in the imaging processing chain an 8 bit > format? > > yes if you exclude 6-bit and 4-bit format > > >LFI then goes on to say essentially "you won't see the difference anyway" > > This translates in "the main thing is there's a red dot on" > ;-) > Didier > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >