Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny Carter wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:27 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > To get B&W from an RGB digital camera you throw away 2/3 of the image data. > A B&W-only camera could be much more sensitive (higher ISO) and higher > resolution. Um, if you change the mode to BW, that is true, but if you simply desaturate the image, the file stays the same size, and I presume all the information remains. <<< And 2/3 of it is duplicate data, same as throwing it away. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange