Nikon D300 User Manual page 149

12-bit. There is a lot more color information is being stored,
after all.
There's another drawback to the
find quite objectionable. The maximum frame advance rate in
CH mode—continuous high on the
from the normal 6 or 7 frames per second to only 2.5 frames
per second. It takes a lot more time to process all that extra
color information. If you're a sports or action shooter, you
might not want to use the
shooter and don't need high-speed frame rates,
for the image.
Channel and Bit Depth Tutorial
What does all the 8-bit, 12-bit, and
would I change my camera to
default 12-bit?
affects color storage in an image:
An image from your camera is an RGB image. RGB stands
for red, green, blue. Each of the colors has its own "channel".
There is a red channel (R), a green channel (G), and a blue
channel (B).
If you're shooting in
to 4,096 colors for each channel. So there will be up to 4,096
different reds, 4,096 different greens, and 4,096 different
blues. Lots of color! In fact, almost 69,000,000,000 (69
billion) colors.
However, if you set your camera to
4,096 different colors per channel, the camera can now store
16,384 different colors in each channel. Wow! That's quite a
14-bit
Here is a short tutorial on bit depth and how if
12-bit mode, your camera will record up
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14-bit mode that some may
Release mode
mode. If you're a nature
14-bit talk mean? Why
14-bit depth instead of the
14-bit mode, instead of
dial—drops
14-bit is best