Re: dynamic range and jpegs

PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx · Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:21:14 -0400 (EDT)

So what all the talk about 12 bits camera capture being better than 8 bit 
camera capture mean? Just theoretical talk or is there a situation where it is 
an advantage to have 12 bits

In a message dated 8/25/2006 3:40:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx writes:

  1. Open a RAW file as a 16 bit image. and as an 8-bit image. 
  2. Make an action that does a number of pixel-changing things to the 
  image like levels, curves, saturation and hue etc.,  Be tough on the 
  image!
  3. Run the action on the 16-bit image and then on the 8-bit image.
  Convert the 16-bit image to 8-bit and print them both out.