Mark Roberts wrote: > DagT wrote: > > >> In my view the reduced noise is equivalent to increase dynamic range. >> > > Not necessarily equivalent, but reduced noise certainly could be the > *result* of increased dynamic range: Increased bit depth could > conceivably facilitate the use of more advanced noise reduction > algorithms that do more noise reduction with less damage to fine > detail in the image. > No, I think he refers to an actual reduction of noise at the signal-level, not a removal of "noise" from the digital data, and sees this the other way around (more or less.) Less noise means that you can actually use a larger subset of the range of charges in the sensor, so as to speak.
See http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/dynamicrange.html - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
