I think Karl had it right. It must be in reference to the new HEIF format. 

(I should know better than to take what people tell me literally! ;-)

-Carl


> On Jan 15, 2019, at 4:32 PM, Hamish Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 48-bit colour uses 16 bits per colour (no alpha on capture devices). I’ve 
> never heard that iPhones support it though. I suppose the hardware might 
> capture at 48 bits in support of better 24-bit final images post processing?
> 
> H
> 
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 23:06, @lbutlr <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> On 15 Jan 2019, at 13:29, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > I've been told that "iPhones (after iPhone 6S) are capable of taking photos 
> > with 48-bit images."
> > 
> > Can anyone with a newer iPhone verify/deny this claim? I've never heard of 
> > such a thing.
> 
> I don’t even know what that means.
> 
> For images/video you generally have 8 bit or 10 bit, though those numbers are 
> for each color of RGB and then alpha, so 32 bit and 40 bit?
> 
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