Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dom, I don't have an M8 and I don't know whether the sensor output is natively 16 bit. I suspect not. I browsed the 32 page Kodak specification for the sensor without being any the wiser! However posted DNG samples <http://www.outbackphoto.com/reviews/equipment/leica_m8/Leica_M8_review.html> do show as 16 bit in Photoshop. Makes a 59MB TIFF when you save it, that should tell you something! AFAIK 12 0r 14 bit files will be reported as 16 bit as well. I think the important thing is that the files apparently do have a great tonal range and are well able to tolerate adjustment without the histograms deteriorating, which I think is what you are asking. That is the DNGs. Jpegs of course are 8 bit. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of m4y@mac.com Sent: Saturday, 9 December 2006 15:05 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] High ISOs Comparison Thank you George. I am reassured, but there are doubters out there aplenty. Dom On 06-Dec-8, at 9:57 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: According to Leica's spec sheet: "DNGT (Digital Negative Format not specific to any camera manufacturer), 2 different highly compressed JPEG levels. DNGT file information 16 bit-color resolution, 10.2 Mbyte file size per picture." Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Dec 8, 2006, at 7:16 AM, m4y@mac.com wrote: > Yikes! 8 bit! I may have to rethink my upcoming purchase. > > Do the histograms fall apart when you stress them? I am NOT paying > an M8 price for that kind of rubbish. My 2 year old Sony toy does > better than that. I might as well just keep it if that's the case. > > But I have my heart set on the M8. Please tell me it isn't so! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information