On 15/10/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Digital Image Studio wrote: > > > The 22 bit ADC will > > primarily be resolving random noise in the 6 to 7 bits, in other words > > when combined with this sensor it's sheer overkill. > > What is the penalty to the user from the overkill?
Very little in this case as the RAW data is massaged down to 12 bits per pixel in any case, the advantage is in marketing speak. -- 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
