On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 06:46:56PM +1000, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 14/10/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But isnt the Raw capture still only 12 bits > > And arent most serious users only shooting raw > > Mode? > > The image capture in camera is 22 bits wide, the pixel data is then > subjected to gamma transforms, black point adjustment, colour channel > gain adjustment and normalization (possibly) and is then output as a > 12 bit per pixel RAW file.
It really isn't 22 bits of image of image data; it's a lot more like taking those same 12 bits you get out of the sensor today, shifting them up 10 bits, and adding in ten bits of random data on the right. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
