On 22 Jul 2005 at 16:11, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > (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.
Simply because neither your video adaptor or any current printer can deal with image files of greater than 8 bits/colour channel. 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
