[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 09/09/06, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>If the K10D produces 11MB 16bit files, this is almost 50% lossless >>>compression, which would be pretty good indeed! Hopefully it's indeed 16bit. >>> >> >>You may wish to note, though, that in the computer industry, 50% >>compression is something that's just assumed in marketing material (e.g. >>for storage units with built-in compression chips); it seems like this >>has little to do with the actual performance of the compression algorithm. > > > My guess is 10-11MB 12bit files. > So what about the 22bit A/D? What are they doing with the other 10 bits of information? Are they using it for some type of noise removal?
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