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[OM] Re: RAW Bit Depth

Subject: [OM] Re: RAW Bit Depth
From: <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:09:32 +0000
I didn't recommend JPEG as an intermediate form which may require further 
processing.  Only as the final form to be saved for purposes of printing.

Chuck Norcutt


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Andrew Wiese <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: [OM] Re: RAW Bit Depth
>  Sent: Apr 08 '07 12:46
>  
>  
>  
>  I'm aware of that; I guess the question is what happens if you decide you
>  need a crop and then pull out all the detail and sharpness you can, or other
>  post-processing where you approach the extremes of what the sensor picks up
>  - then a 5% loss might become significant.  I realize this may not be
>  practically relevant in most circumstances, but it's there.  Besides, as I
>  mentioned earlier, the images generally need tonal adjustment and I often
>  use sharpening software, so the images have to be re-saved -- they would be
>  compressed twice, increasing any (small) loss, as I understand things.
>

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