Dpreview.com's review indicates that it is a 12-bit raw format. ~Berry
On 7/13/07 11:27 PM, "David J. Littleboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>>>>>>> > > I was just playing with my new Nikon D200 and discovered > something that surprised me. Unless there is some quality > adjustment setting I missed, it's color bit depth apparently is > only 8 bits in NEF Raw. By comparison, my Polaroid SprintScan > 4000 scanner has a color bit depth of 12 bits, and other scanners > have much higher color bit depths than this. While color bit > depth is a commonly cited specification for scanners, I've seldom > seen it cited for digital cameras. Does the lower bit depth for > the D200 imply lower quality color rendition than my 12 bit scanner? > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > I suspect you've done something wrong. This reference > > http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/digital.sensor.performance.summary/inde > x.html > > Shows the D200 doing very well indeed at ISO 100. I'm quite sure it uses a > 12-bit A/D converter. > > Note that just because a camera or scanner has X bits in its A/D converter > doesn't mean you have X bits of valid data in the output files. > > David J. Littleboy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tokyo, Japan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or > body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
