On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Anyone know if the Foveon sensor outputs 8 bits-per-color or 16? > > My understanding is that the quantization space is 12 bit per component.
Ah, on the Sigma site for the SD1, http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/sd1-dslr-sigma, under Specifications it lists: Image Recording Format: Lossless compression RAW data (12-bit, High, Medium, Low), JPEG (High, Medium, Low) It's supposedly the same sensor as the DP2M. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

