"All the current Pentax cameras use the same sensor, which
produces an array of 12-bit values. But the file storage on a
memory card uses a byte-organised architecture. This means that
the 12-bit values from the sensor have to be stored in 8-bit
bytes on the card.
"The *ist-D took the simple approach of padding each 12-bit
value with 4 extra zero bits, and storing the resulting 16-bit
value in two 8-bit bytes."
Was this done in silicon? Is that why there was no firmware
upgrade to make the D files the size of the DS files?
Joe
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