• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
photo-facts.com

photo-facts.com

The digital photography A-Z

  • A-Z (full)
    • A-Z of cameras
    • A-Z of lenses
    • A-Z of filters
    • A-Z of video
  • Blog
  • About
  • Show Search
Hide Search
You are here: Home / 16-bit image

16-bit image

These are photos with 16 bits of data for each of the red, green and blue colour channels. These aren’t created directly by the camera, but you can generate 16-bit images from RAW files and they withstand heavy image manipulation better than regular 8-bit images. The file sizes are much larger, though, which puts more pressure on your computer’s storage capacity and slows down file transfer speeds, and not all software can edit 16-bit images.

photo-facts.com

Copyright © 2025 · Monochrome Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in