Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Laughter is good for the soul: glad you are enjoying the thread. For me I haven't come to any conclusions because I cannot compare the two outputs. However, using logic tells me the new mono output has significantly less info than its foundation camera, the M240. Spending $8k for less data isn't real funny to me and I'm not sure I trust Leica or its paid talking heads. Can you share with me/us how you determined the difference is imperceptible? Bob Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com > On May 5, 2015, at 2:38 PM, CJ andS <csaganich at gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it is funny that there is a fear of purchasing a Leica because it > may be tainted by an imperceptible technical inferiority. High tech head > games. Leica should give $100 coupons for talk therapy consultations with > their engineers. > >> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks Adam. Agree. >> >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> In an image exposed so the lightest white is all the way to the right on >>> the histogram then the darker parts of the image won?t have as much >> detail >>> in a 12 bit image as in a 14 bit image because it?s in the very dark >>> regions where there are fewer bits available. >>> >>> If the camera?s noise attributes don?t warrant 14 bits of detail then >>> keeping at 12 would make sense since the noise in the darks wouldn?t be >>> resolved. >>> >>> In audio the difference between 12 and 14 bits in the sampling system >>> would be obvious to many - probably even to me. >>> >>> I?m a little troubled by the reviewer whose ?loyalty is to Leica?. I >>> almost quit reading at that point even though he tried to make it better >> in >>> subsequent sentences. >>> >>> Adam >>> >>>>> On 2015 May 5, at 9:50 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > Chris Saganich > www.imagebrooklyn.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information