Why would I need to understand the math behind it to run a lab? -Aaron
-----Original Message----- From: "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: RE: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body Date: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:51 am Size: 1K To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> You don't understand logE? You do/did operate a lab, did you not? Regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron > Reynolds > Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2006 1:01 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body > > That is beyond my understanding. > > -Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: RE: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body > Date: Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:40 am > Size: 1K > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > (snip) > > I've no background in electronics to understand what the patent documents > say, but I do know that a big gripe about digital capture is that the > exposure is recorded lineally, ie the brightest stop gets half the bit > depth, the second brightest stop gets the next quarter of all the bit depth, > etc. Eventually, the darkest discernible stop only has two or three levels > in it. > > Perhaps Pentax has implemented logarithmic exposure (logE as film is > measured) rather than linear exposure. Just a guess, and just for fun ;-) > > Regards, > Anthony Farr > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
