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Originally Posted by bird
Trevor, the camera is really only 12 bit, so the bottom 4 bits in the 16 bit data are all zero. But the advantage is that you get more shades of grey - 12 bit is enough for 4096 shades between black and white, versus 256 shades for 8 bit cameras.
cheers, Bird
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Thanks for the explanation Bird, I guess that contributes to the increased depth of detail.
Regards
Trevor