Yes, that was my point. Converting the image to an 8-bit jpeg should render any gains from what ever color depth resolution the original capture was, null & void.
Granted,the better the original, the better a converted copy may tend to be. But comparisons of 8-bit images really can't be used to demonstrate the advantages of a higher resolution senso, or to make meaningful comparisons. None of this is to say we don't all enjoy and appreciate nice 8-bit renderings. :-) Tom C. ----Original Message Follows---- From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: K10D 22 bit A/D conversion Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:04:13 -0400 You mean, an 8-bit jpeg, is an 8-bit jpeg? Actually you should see a bit better rendering in an 8-bit jpeg made from a high definition image, than one made from a low definition image, but it will not be a high definition image its self. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Tom C wrote: > Is one really able to tell anything like fine gradation in an online image? > > > Tom C. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Ken Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Re: K10D 22 bit A/D conversion > Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:02:48 -0400 > > On 10/13/06, Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's a little misleading. The "12" bit rendering is only using 4 > > bits. The signal could certainly be preconditioned to use the > > digitizer better than that. > > > > Maybe, but this is a good "illustration" of the magnitude of > difference between 12 and 22 bit rendering. They are emphasizing the > difference in gradation (22bit/4,200,000 vs 12bit/4096) which should > result in a lot higher fidelity in presentating of skin, texture and > other stuff. > Well, pentax are the first one to use the 22bit converter with > supposedly excellent and fast processor (PRIME). From what I saw in > just a few recent samples, images looked excellent 9and very > natural). > Let's see how the final version samples would come out. > > Ken > > -- > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
