who said that was an advantage or a disadvantage? is the maximum number represented in 12 bits higher than 8 bits or not?
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:08 AM Subject: RE: USAF target and resolution tests > I am not talking floating point. digital > camera sensors have same output voltages > feeding 12 bit output A/Ds as they feeding > 8 bit output A/Ds. There is SCALING involved > and the the advantage in using 12 bit vs. 8 bit is NOT > a higher recorded signal level, it is > finer gray scale and smaller step size.

