Thanks. Will do. Paul On Sep 23, 2006, at 10:25 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 24/09/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks for the links. It would seem to be a very good thing. More >> dynamic range, less noise. > > Sort of, what he omitted to say was that the sensor noise is by far > the largest noise source in the system. A 22 or 12 bit ADC should > theoretically be able to record the full output range of the CCD used > in the K10D, there may be advantages going out to 16bits but in > reality 22 bits is more of a marketing tool. > > The 22 bit ADC chip is a modular component which is designed to be > used in all sorts of systems with many types of image sensors. In the > case of the sensor used in the K10D it's pretty severely under > utilized. The real advantage of the system wasn't actually discussed. > If you want to read a detailed explanation about the supposed > advantages of the ADC chip employed see: > > http://www.nucoretech.com/nu3/images/80_downloads/ > pres_technology.ppt.us.pdf > > Cheers, > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
