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One thing to note is that most cameras use 12 or 14 bit sensors, so in-sensor digital gain can still be better than post-processing.
by Aeolos 9y ago
One thing to note is that most cameras use 12 or 14 bit sensors, so in-sensor digital gain can still be better than post-processing.
- StavrosK 9y agoYou mean if you shoot JPEG, right?
- hug 9y agoAbout the only camera that I know of that will currently saturate the bitdepth of a 14-bit ADC/RAW with DR at base ISO is a Sony A7S II, so right now, yeah, shooting in JPEG is the real issue. This will change in the next few years. If you're the kind of guy who wants to read the relatively dry writings of someone who spends a whole lot of time figuring this stuff out, the following link might interest you: http://clarkvision.com/articles/digital.sensor.performance.summary/#dynamic_range http://clarkvision.com/articles/digital.sensor.performance.s...