On 4 Nov 2004 at 22:34, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > While we are on the subject of Digital raw files I just > remembered something I wanted to ask for a while. > > Do all raw file conversion programs convert only > to color and up-rez the image? Reason I ask is > wouldn't there be some image qualtiy gains for > monochrome output by summing the 4 rgbg pixels > into one and outputting a true 1.5 Mpixel mono signal > (4 rgbg pixels per output pixels) instead of a > interpolated color signal that is later desaturated?????
I've not seen one that offers a monochrome output option. You could of course reduce the image dimensions by 50% and desaturate, this would have a similar effect. I don't think that there would be any gain however. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
