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Subject: [Leica] Colour depth question
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Sat Mar 15 08:29:44 2008
References: <a3f189160803142139m4d567cd2p9789b7f89bd6f7f9@mail.gmail.com> <C400DDE2.95D30%mark@rabinergroup.com> <BAY140-W22BD919F3CE578ABE757CBC70B0@phx.gbl> <21A4671546CF3CFD47B1D1DB@Rutabook.local>

Brian is 100% correct, however, this explanation has more to do with dynamic
range rather than color., per se.......  Another dimension of color other
than tone......


Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


It's valuable to have extra information in the image file even if you can't
see it. For example, if the image has 64 bits per pixel and it is
underexposed, you can probably recover a good image from the shadows because
the information is actually there. Areas that looked all black will suddenly
show detail, because the extra bits are available when you need them.





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