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6 Appendix
Colour and memory formats
Note
An asterisk (*) identifies formats which are filled starting with the most significant bit (MSB) but which may have
less than the indicated number of payload bits, depending on the camera model.
For the RGB16 and RGB15 data formats, the MSBs of the internal 8-bit R, G and B colors are used.
The first pixel in the first line with the index (0,0) is always a red pixel at color cameras.
The list above does not contain the IS_CM_RGB8_PLANAR color format. In planar RGB the image is saved as 8 bit
RGB. The channels red, green, and blue are stored separately, i.e. first all red information, then all green
information and at last all blue information are saved.
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