Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was actually asking about digital cameras, rather than the scanner. As Tim Swan and others have pointed out, film holds a lot more information (at least 200 megabytes) that can be extracted today with a better scanner (or a print). I guess I'll hold onto my M3s awhile. Mike Quinn Austin Franklin wrote: > "24 bit color" means three 8 bit values, one for each color. It depends on > how many bits the A/D converters have (I believe most current mid/low end > scanners use 12 bits), and then how many are stored. Obviously, 12 bits > per color is 36 bits/pixel. > > Does that answer your question? > > > ---------- > From: Mike Quinn > > Oops. Thanks for (very tactful) the correction. > I should have said 28M bytes of STORAGE. My mistake. > > That represents only 10M pixels (according to Nikon). > I guess the gap is closing faster than I thought. > Maybe I should join Dominique and start disposing of my Leicas... > > How deep are the pixels on those digital beasts?