(Regardless of the raw vs jpg discussion) using 8 bits formats to store photographs is just plain stupid. Why the hell is anyone happy with a 0-255 dynamic range when modern CCDs do a lot better (0-4095), film does a lot better and our eyes do a lot better? This reverence for the holly 8 bits byte has been pushed too far.
Joaquim On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 22:30, Albano Garcia wrote: > Hi gang, > I always shoot in RAW, and appreciate the benefits, > but today I was surprised to find how capable is this > format. > I shot this photo, the left version is the way the > capera exposed it. If it were a JPG, no hope to > restore detail in the upper side, and in fact I > thought the detail was burned out, but I moved the > esposure slider to -3 in PS CS converter and full > detail of river was there, simply amazing (at least > for me): > http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar/rawcap.jpg > > Regards > > > Albano Garcia > Photography & Graphic Design > http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar > http://www.flaneur.albanogarcia.com.ar > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
