[OM] Re: RAW Bit Depth

[chucknorcutt]

Sounds to me like a major indictment of the sensor then.

Chuck Norcutt


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Johnny Johnson <jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: [OM] Re: RAW Bit Depth
>  Sent: Apr 07 '07 23:20
>  
>  
>  At 02:19 PM 4/7/2007, Bill Pearce wrote:
>  
>  >My question is why? Isn't the E1 a 12 bit file? What about the old Kodak FF
>  >cameras?
>  
>  Hi Bill,
>  
>  As I understand it -
>  
>  The images are captured as 16 bit but then converted to 8 bit before
>  being written as DNG files to the media card.  Their stated reasons
>  were to reduce write time and storage requirements.  They claim that
>  they saw no differences in quality between 8 bit saves and 16 bit
>  saves in their comparison tests.
>  
>  Of course, lots of folks have differing opinions.

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