Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Bob Adler > www.robertadlerphotography.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Chris Saganich www.imagebrooklyn.com