[Leica] M9 gotcha

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Well it's a four year old discussion Frank. Some people never used the
compression but ask any of us to actually demonstrate the difference in
photos and we cannot.
The M with much greater processing power has not used this option.


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 28 October 2013 08:47, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:

> Geoff... if it is either 8 bits or 14 bits, and you then process the image
> in LR or CS, what data is LR or CS working with?  8 bits, or during file
> opening, the data is decompressed from 8 bits back up to 14 bits and then
> you are working with 14 bit data?
>
> The issue to me is the quantization level achievable in the post
> processing.....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
> Brian, anecdotally most M9 shooters use that compressed option, although I
> didn't personally.  Of course, with the M8 it was the only option. The key
> is that it is non-linear compression. If you like I'll send you a copy of
> the LFI explanation of the mechanism.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
>
>
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