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

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Bob, Great shot!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Exactly! Why dumb down data that is there with the exact same camera
> (M240)? Why throw any data away?? 14bit depth is the benchmark for best
> quality final print images. Yes you compress files to get to a print, but
> if you compress from real data rather than using real data, it certainly
> will be a greater degradation: a guess of a guess rather than a guess.
>
> Not exactly what I want to spend $8k on. I'll wait until the next model of
> the color body that hopefully will change how they have implemented live
> view. That's my biggest nit with the M240.(longer exposure time would be
> nice too...)
>
> My last image at ISO 3200 with the M240 is pretty satisfying to me:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/Bedtime+Story-2015-04-25.jpg.html
> Certainly was never able to get film to look this good at 3200.
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The only point I will make is that you can see the difference in colour
> > gradation between 12 bit and 14 bit colour on close inspection, the
> latter
> > is smoother, as is to be expected. Whether it makes a whole lot of
> > difference, when you do not have large prints side by side to compare
> > carefully, is dependent on the individual. I normally shoot in 14 bit on
> my
> > Nikon D800E, but I change to 12 bit colour when I plan to use continuous
> > mode, as the buffer clears up a lot faster!
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
>