The PhaseOne C1 Raw converter has an option for selecting colour space for output, and one of the options is "generic gray scale". It will output a 16 bit grayscale image. I cannot vouch for the maths behind it, though.
Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 4:34 AM Subject: RAW convertors question > While we are on the subject of Digital raw files I just > remembered something I wanted to ask for a while. > > Do all raw file conversion programs convert only > to color and up-rez the image? Reason I ask is > wouldn't there be some image qualtiy gains for > monochrome output by summing the 4 rgbg pixels > into one and outputting a true 1.5 Mpixel mono signal > (4 rgbg pixels per output pixels) instead of a > interpolated color signal that is later desaturated????? > > JCO > > >
