Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Any DNG aware software should be able to read them fine. There are two types of compression relevant. There is an option to not use the non-linear compression to 8 BIT (then reconstruction when the file is de-compressed again) that is standard with the M8. So you get the high BIT file (actually 14 BIT). The non-linear compression with the M8 was a compromise for file size for storage and processing speed. Leica's position was that the quality loss was not significant. Basically no tonal information is lost with the new option but you need more processing power in the camera and storage space. 36MB (or 18MB) files vs. 10MB currently. Then there is lossless compression for file storage. Curently that can be optionally applied by the converter software. Adobe Camera Raw 5.5 will include profiling for the M9 specifically. 2009/9/10 <red735i at earthlink.net> > Is this a big deal? Can any software address and use this file mode, and > how does it help/improve image performance? > > Frank F > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff Alles was eine gute Kamera braucht / Everything a good camera needs: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman