8bit v 16bit Raw ?

martin_crombie said:

Im curious to whether spending £130 for the CCD-RAW File converter
EX which produces TIFF 16 bit data unlike LE providing only TIFF 8
bit would drastically make any difference in output quality.
I like the idea of having the conversion parameters (tone,
sharpness, colour, white balance and sensitization) available on
your PC whilst shooting via Firewire/IE1394 as a raw image with EX
but Im sceptical of the difference in quality.

Can anyone vouch for this piece of kit

Kind regards

Martin Crombie

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danz said:

Martin,

I find 16 bit files essential for serious color corrections.
However, concerning which converter to use has been argued and
discussed extensively in these forums and the bottom line is that
some prefer one, some another and others another still. I only have
the EX and Qimage and prefer Qimage. Plus if you are buying either,
Qimage is alot less. It is also the best printing program to use
for printing multiple files on one sheet. However, even though Mike
denies it, the interface is difficult to understand and takes
awhile to get used to it. Once I did get it down however, I now
find I use it for many other applications like resampling and white
balance, as well as converting and printing from.

Dan

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