It's much better at 32 bit than 16 bit - but I have an LCD screen, which
probably accentuates the banding.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of C.H.Ling
Sent: 18 September 2004 11:16
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: What's missing?
May be my monitor has problem, I didn't see any banding or step on the sky
of the E-1 shot:
http://www.accura.com.hk/P8193517.jpg
Did you set your monitor to 24 or 32 bit color mode?
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
>
> I can 'see' just what you mean, AG - the two images that CH posted
> last
week
> (one E-1 and one OM) I think showed something similar. Looking at the
blue
> sky, there was grain aplenty in the film image, but the digital image
> had recognisable 'steps' in the sky tone. OTOH the digital image did
> not
appear
> to be of lower definition, and was very impressive ... but it didn't
> have the subtlety of the film image.
>
> Additionally, I wonder if the increased depth of field in a digital
> image (related both to focal length and typical maximum aperture)
> plays any part in this phenomenon.
>
> Piers
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