What does all that mean and why should someone (why should I) care if TIFF values are used for storage? Does the format of a RAW really matter, and if so, why?
Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > While it does allow for easy expansion to 14-bit or even 16-bit values, > I suspect it comes as a side effect of using an extended TIFF file as > the basis of their RAW file format. That means they end up using what > TIFF provides for value storage, and TIFF is a byte-oriented format.

