Shel Belinkoff mused: > > The istD has a bit depth of 12. I seem to recall some DSLR with a bit > depth of 14 ... maybe. The specs on the new Hasselblad claim a bit depth > of 16. Why is it that so many DSLR cameras are using a bit depth of 12? > Is there a physical or design reason? Cost? My little Nikon scanner has a > bit depth of 16 ... why not a DSLR? > > Shel
Don't forget that your scanner only has a single row of sensors, not a two-dimensional array, and that it only has to work at a single speed. Of the two, the fact that it's only a linear sensor is more important. You can put the extra processing elements, etc., alongside the sensor without having to worry too much how much room they take up. In a 2D sensor you're trying to put another row of pixels there.
