Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]12 bit = 2 raised to the power of 12 = 4096 shades of gray 14 bit = 2 raised to the power of 14 = 16384 shades of gray Quite a bit of tonal difference technically. Whether the human eye can perceive it in a meaningful way in a print - who knows? Cheers Jayanand On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On May 5, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm waiting to see what the explanation is. Going backwards in bit depth > > from the M(240) is perplexing. Perhaps their chip cannot handle 14bit > depth > > of pure gray as opposed to 4 different 14bit depth channels of RGGB > (4x1x4 > > vs 4x4 all at once...). > > > > But I'm no EE, so I'm hoping other experts will jump in to explain what > is > > lost by going back to 12bit files. > > OR what is gained by going back to 12 bit files. > > > s > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > > >> It opened for me with no problem. > >> > >> Jim Nichols > >> Tullahoma, TN USA > >> > >> > >> On 5/5/2015 10:58 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> > >>> This webpage is not available > >>> > >>> Tina > >>> > >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> See post #46 by Jono Slack: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > http://www.getdpi.com/forum/leica/54592-new-monochrom-fine-report.html#post639690 > >>>> > >>>> Curiouser and curiouser... > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Bob Adler > >>>> www.robertadlerphotography.com > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > www.robertadlerphotography.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >