Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> -----Original Message----- > From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@ix.netcom.com] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 1:33 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: film scanners > > A 14 bit A/D gives 16384 maximum unique values and Log 10 of > 16383 is 4.2, > which I am reasonably sure is what they are basing their > 'claim' on. It is > inaccurate (and misleading IMO) to make a claim based solely > on number of > bits. The spec should be based on overall system performance, not the > number of bits of the A/D. Has anyone heard any rumours about the "real" dynamic range of the 4000 or 8000? Paul