As Adam noted, the way pixel are arrayed in an image encourages patterning to some extent. Pixel peepers can find all manner of things. Viewers of photographs don't worry about them. Paul On Nov 14, 2007, at 6:07 AM, David Savage wrote:
> Digital noise, or grain if you like, is one thing. Banding is another. > > I viewed this shot again today on my monitor at work & I couldn't see > the banding. But it's not calibrated & I also couldn't see any detail > in the shadows. > > I could see the banding when I opened it in PS and just looked at the > red & green channels. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On Nov 14, 2007 12:48 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think it's important to make it clear that, for many, digital >> noise isn't necessarily a problem. And in any case, it's certainly >> not exclusive to Pentax. At the very least it's no more of a >> problem than is grain in film photography. I think any vertical >> pattern here exists more in your mind than in the image. If one >> tries hard enough, one can find a pattern in almost any random >> array. It's like finding the cloud that looks like an elephant :-). > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
