Sounds to me like a major indictment of the sensor then.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Johnny Johnson <jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: RAW Bit Depth
> Sent: Apr 07 '07 23:20
>
>
> At 02:19 PM 4/7/2007, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
> >My question is why? Isn't the E1 a 12 bit file? What about the old Kodak FF
> >cameras?
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> As I understand it -
>
> The images are captured as 16 bit but then converted to 8 bit before
> being written as DNG files to the media card. Their stated reasons
> were to reduce write time and storage requirements. They claim that
> they saw no differences in quality between 8 bit saves and 16 bit
> saves in their comparison tests.
>
> Of course, lots of folks have differing opinions.
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