RE: filmscanners: Nikon MF LED light source...

[Austin Franklin]

> Number of bits? Did we forget to mention that the14 bits is
> internally only?
> And that the last 2 bits are extrapolated from our 12 bit ADC?
> Or that the
> system has so much noise that we could have used a 10 bit ADC?

That's an interesting issue.  A design can use a 12 bit ADC, and take
multiple readings, with different ranges, and integrate the readings to give
the "same" results as would be achieved from using a higher bit ADC.