Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Much appreciated Godfrey ! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:34 AM Subject: Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

Re: Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-16 Thread mike wilson
> > From: David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/16 Fri AM 11:03:38 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in > JPEGMode) > > On Jun 16, 2006, at 8:33 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > &

Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-16 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Jun 16, 2006, at 2:56 AM, Cotty wrote: > One point: surely an LCD monitor can't display that dynamic range fully > for pics viewed on a web page? > > Could a print from a best quality inkjet printer? No -- the point of those extra steps is for messing around with the image afterwards. -Aaron

Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-16 Thread David Mann
On Jun 16, 2006, at 8:33 PM, mike wilson wrote: > Unlike the film house, which has an infinite number. No > wonder it's so slow and clunky. I've just finished wading through four medium format scans. After all that, my house is looking something like this: http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery

Re: Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-16 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/16 Fri AM 06:56:43 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in > JPEGMode) > > On 15/6/06, Ryan Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >

Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/6/06, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: >So a jpeg and a RAW file shot from the same camera with the same sensor >have the same 'latitude'? Actually I can see that's bollocks. What I meant to ask was: So a jpeg and a RAW file shot with the same camera with the same sensor have the same 'e

Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/6/06, Ryan Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >You're not getting more dynamic range, you're getting a smaller >quantization between dynamic range steps. So a jpeg and a RAW file shot from the same camera with the same sensor have the same 'latitude'? If represented as a stairway in a ho

Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-15 Thread Ryan Brooks
Bob Rapp wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong. > jpeg files are compressed 8-bit image files. > Tiff (from the camera) are 8-bit image files that have not been > compressed. > RAW contains 12-bit information from each sensor site that can be > converted to 16-bit TIFF in a raw converter

Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode)

2006-06-15 Thread Bob Rapp
ROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: Re: Where Do All the Pixels Come From (was: Shooting Digi in JPEGMode) > Jpeg is a compressed file. Tiff is an uncompressed file. When you open > a jpeg in PhotoShop, the software decompre