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moderately happy with the d300s its turning out some good photos recently as you have seen , but in my ever ongoing struggle for better i.q what is the best RAW settings .
do I use 12 bit (more fps) or the slightly slower 14 bit
do I use lossless compressed/compressed /or uncompressed
up till now been shooting in 12 bit lossless compressed I have today tried out 14 bit (tad slow) but can't see that much difference yet , still to process the files though . so is there any advantage or should I just leave good enough alone ???
When I was photographing commercially I always worked in the maximum camera bit depth....and edited at 16bit in Photoshop. Belt an braces!
Whilst there is very little difference when comparing ootc shots or even simple edited files, when you start to do lots of processing in Photoshop, coupled with large resampling for posters etc, I feel there is a risk of loosing tonal range.
This article shows the difference between 8x16bit....taken to extreme for effect.
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/essentials/16-bit/
How much normal editing really shows up these differences, especially on monitors, iPads or small prints is questionable.
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Eric