Thread: CCD vs dSLR
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Old 15-06-2014, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MrB View Post
Yes, full scale.
Per 12bit shade, there are 16 off 16bit shades, all else being equal.
Not sure what you are trying to say here....

The maximum number of shades you can get from a 16 bit system is 65536
A 12 bit system can only deliver 4096

a big difference when you start stretching small parts of the data....
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