> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/16 Fri AM 06:56:43 GMT > To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in > JPEGMode) > > On 15/6/06, Ryan Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >You're not getting more dynamic range, you're getting a smaller > >quantization between dynamic range steps. > > So a jpeg and a RAW file shot from the same camera with the same sensor > have the same 'latitude'? > > If represented as a stairway in a house from ground floor to first (or > first floor to second for the US market ;-), the jpeg house has (say) 15 > steps taking you up, while the RAW house has (say) 32 steps taking you > up to the same height? > > And so this is why shooting RAW allows greater flexibility in terms of > 'dynamic range' of an image? > > One point: surely an LCD monitor can't display that dynamic range fully > for pics viewed on a web page? > > Could a print from a best quality inkjet printer? >
As I understand it 8-) no, because those houses only have eight steps. Unlike the film house, which has an infinite number. No wonder it's so slow and clunky. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
