Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-26 Thread Peter J. Alling
l Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:51 PM Subject: Re: istD bit depth Hi John ... Couldn't forget that linear stuff since I never knew it Don't really understand the 2D thing. Are there two rows of pixels,

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-24 Thread Frantisek
Sunday, October 24, 2004, 1:46:54 AM, Graywolf wrote: G> It is at least partially a matter of pixel size. A larger pixel is more G> sensitive to light, so can see deeper into the shadows. So with 16 bits you have G> those couple of extra stops of range on the shadow end of the scale. I would Nice

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread John Francis
Rob Studdert mused: > > On 23 Oct 2004 at 15:07, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Hasselblad says the 22 Mpixels sensor is 37x49mm, which, if my math is > > correct, is slightly larger than two 35mm frames. In addition they say, > > "Thanks to its unique Double Duration Circuit technology (patent pen

RE: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I was referring to the amplitude resolution, distict levels of gray of between absolute black and pure white. JCO -Original Message- From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 4:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istD bit depth Um... Are you sure

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 Oct 2004 at 15:07, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hasselblad says the 22 Mpixels sensor is 37x49mm, which, if my math is > correct, is slightly larger than two 35mm frames. In addition they say, > "Thanks to its unique Double Duration Circuit technology (patent pending), > the H1D runs more than t

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Graywolf
Shel [Original Message] From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 10/23/2004 12:42:22 PM Subject: Re: istD bit depth Shel Belinkoff mused: The istD has a bit depth of 12. I seem to recall some DSLR with a bit depth of 14 ... maybe. The specs on the new Hassel

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Jostein
age - > >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 10:23 PM > >Subject: RE: istD bit depth > > > > > > > > > >>while the scanners may output a 16bit si

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hasselblad says the 22 Mpixels sensor is 37x49mm, which, if my math is correct, is slightly larger than two 35mm frames. In addition they say, "Thanks to its unique Double Duration Circuit technology (patent pending), the H1D runs more than twice as cool as similar digital camera systems, for clea

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
16-bit sensor, and some DSLR cameras 14-bit? Is it a matter of space (which is what I'm inferring from your remarks)? I heard talk of a Nikon D3 with a 16-bit sensor, BTW ... Shel [Original Message] From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 10/23/2004

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread John Francis
lad can have a > 16-bit sensor, and some DSLR cameras 14-bit? Is it a matter of space > (which is what I'm inferring from your remarks)? I heard talk of a Nikon > D3 with a 16-bit sensor, BTW ... > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: John Fr

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Ryan Brooks
didn't know that... Resolution of color space, -Ryan bewildered, Jostein - Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: RE: istD bit depth while the scanner

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Jostein
know that... bewildered, Jostein - Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: RE: istD bit depth > while the scanners may output a 16bit signal that doesn

RE: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread J. C. O'Connell
EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istD bit depth Shel, I think what John is saying is that it takes significantly more power to compute the four extra bits per pixel between 12 and 16. You'd need much stronger number-crunching logic around the chip, and more RAM as well, to make processing of the

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Jostein
ROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:51 PM Subject: Re: istD bit depth > Hi John ... > > Couldn't forget that linear stuff since I never knew it > > Don't really understand the 2D thing. Are there two rows of pixels, one > below the other? Nah, that can

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
r of space (which is what I'm inferring from your remarks)? I heard talk of a Nikon D3 with a 16-bit sensor, BTW ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 10/23/2004 12:42:22 PM > Subject: Re: istD b

Re: istD bit depth

2004-10-23 Thread John Francis
Shel Belinkoff mused: > > The istD has a bit depth of 12. I seem to recall some DSLR with a bit > depth of 14 ... maybe. The specs on the new Hasselblad claim a bit depth > of 16. Why is it that so many DSLR cameras are using a bit depth of 12? > Is there a physical or design reason? Cost? M