[Image-SIG] python PIL 16-bit tiff files

[Oliver Tonnhofer]

On 12.04.2010, at 14:34, Sebastian Haase wrote:
> My point was also, that I would doubt that there is physically(!) more
> information than 16e6 possible values per pixel.
> A digital gray scale CCD camera with more than 12 bits costs multiple
> 1000s of Euros or Dollars...

Every current DSLR camera has more than 8bits per color, a Canon EOS  
450D has 14bit for example. While a human eye might not see any  
difference with more than 8bits, you can use the information when  
manipulating the image (e.g. change the exposure/brightness).

Regards,
Oliver