Digital BW, The Print

>>> I am struggling with this issue also. I have pre-ordered the 36MP Nikon but am re-considering the need. Generally speaking it is a straight line function of 3 to translate the MP number to PSD size. So 36 goes to 108Mb 8 bit and 216Mb 16 bit. 

>I haven't examined all of the specs of this camera, but perhaps it's possible to capture in smaller RAW modes and using the full RAW size when needed.

That misses one of the point:; putting in more pixels, then throwing away some of them loses the dynamic range that not increasing the pixel count, and using all the light that hits the sensor allows. 

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Imaging Color Solutions
Datacolor inc. 
cdtobie@...
www.datacolor.com

On Mar 10, 2012, at 12:05 PM, "Don" <donsbryant@...> wrote:

> > I am struggling with this issue also. I have pre-ordered the 36MP Nikon but am re-considering the need. Generally speaking it is a straight line function of 3 to translate the MP number to PSD size. So 36 goes to 108Mb 8 bit and 216Mb 16 bit. 
> >
> 
> I haven't examined all of the specs of this camera, but perhaps it's possible to capture in smaller RAW modes and using the full RAW size when needed.