[Leica] New M(246) Outputs 12 bit Files

[Robert Adler]

Thanks Adam. Agree.

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:

> In an image exposed so the lightest white is all the way to the right on
> the histogram then the darker parts of the image won’t have as much detail
> in a 12 bit image as in a 14 bit image because it’s in the very dark
> regions where there are fewer bits available.
>
> If the camera’s noise attributes don’t warrant 14 bits of detail then
> keeping at 12 would make sense since the noise in the darks wouldn’t be
> resolved.
>
> In audio the difference between 12 and 14 bits in the sampling system
> would be obvious to many - probably even to me.
>
> I’m a little troubled by the reviewer whose “loyalty is to Leica”. I
> almost quit reading at that point even though he tried to make it better in
> subsequent sentences.
>
> Adam
>
> > On 2015 May 5, at 9:50 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 12 bit = 2 raised to the power of 12 = 4096 shades of gray
> >
> > 14 bit = 2 raised to the power of 14 = 16384 shades of gray
> >
> > Quite a bit of tonal difference technically. Whether the human eye can
> > perceive it in a meaningful way in a print - who knows?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
>
>
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