What is the difference between a one-shot and a three shot camera?
All digital images are interpolated whether it s a scan from a transparency or a digital image captured on camera. The single biggest factor on the final image and its resolution is the bit depth at which the camera captures an image. The bit depth describes how bright the pixel is, the higher the bit depth the brighter the pixel. Bit depth affects how much tonal value can be reproduced in a single shot. A one shot camera captures the image at 24 bit depth which minimizes the pixel information it can interpolate. This influences the steps of tonality limiting them to 256, inadequate for high quality color separations. Primary Color uses a three shot camera that captures images for each color red, green and blue minimizing interpolation. The results are a higher bit-depth 42 bit. This translates into 16,373 steps of tonality, plenty of information for high quality color reproduction; a broader dynamic range (over 11 f-stops); complete tonal control; and color fidelity. Where a user will
