lea <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Is there a set amount of latitude for digital cameras? Say film is 7 > stops, slide film is 5 stops. What's digital? Well, if you *really* get 12 bits of meaningful digitized information (and not just noise, say, in the bottom two bits), then you've got 12 stops of meaningful exposure. Yeah, right. Even 10 is pretty good, though. I dunno about calling it "latitude"; "capture range" is a more useful concept, it seems to me. "Latitude" can usefully refer to how much the capture range exceeds the average scene, maybe, but who photographs average scenes? You have to worry about the actual scene in front of you. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
