OK, that explains it. RAW isnt really RAW. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Digital Image Studio Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K10D 22 bit A/D conversion
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. -- 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
