It is just showing that the signal is broken up into more parts with the 22bit ADC. It is not a technically accurate illustration, but it shows the idea clearly.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Joseph Tainter wrote: > http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/35mm/k10d/image/k10d_09.gif > > The left graph is the RAW analogue signal from CCD. Middle is the prevalent > 12 bit conversion and the right of course is the 22 bit conversion. > > Ken > > ----- > > Thanks, Ken. But, er, am I the only one who doesn't understand what > these charts are showing? There are no captions (not even In Japanese, I > think), no labels for the axes, no labels for what the red lines and > dots mean. > > Help! > > Joe > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

