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

[CJ andS]

I think it is funny that there is a fear of purchasing a Leica because it
may be tainted by an imperceptible technical inferiority.  High tech head
games.  Leica should give $100 coupons for talk therapy consultations with
their engineers.

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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