Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is precisely what I was asking and all I really care about. Appreciate the trouble you went to Hoppy. Thanks, Dom On 06-Dec-9, at 12:46 AM, G Hopkinson wrote: Dom, I don't have an M8 and I don't know whether the sensor output is natively 16 bit. I suspect not. I browsed the 32 page Kodak specification for the sensor without being any the wiser! However posted DNG samples <http://www.outbackphoto.com/reviews/equipment/leica_m8/ Leica_M8_review.html> do show as 16 bit in Photoshop. Makes a 59MB TIFF when you save it, that should tell you something! AFAIK 12 0r 14 bit files will be reported as 16 bit as well. I think the important thing is that the files apparently do have a great tonal range and are well able to tolerate adjustment without the histograms deteriorating, which I think is what you are asking. That is the DNGs. Jpegs of course are 8 bit. Cheers Hoppy