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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jimjamz" data-source="post: 108647" data-attributes="member: 12682">Hello all,I'm starting with HDR photography using Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) on my D5100.Always shooting using RAW only, I'm then post processing my bracketed photos using HDRSoft's Photomatix Pro because the D5100 in-built feature won't HDR-process RAW images, only JPEGs.  I'm a bit of a purist and never want to lose any quality where possible.  I also get better customisation on my HDR photos with Photomatix.Not sure whether my question relates to the (restricted?) features of my D5100 or not at this point, so apologies beforehand if it sounds like I don't know what I'm talking about.I've been taking a few sets of bracketed photos and then loading them directly into Photomatix to produce a 32-bit HDR image (.hdr file).After doing some post-processing using Tone Mapping, I've saved the results as both a 16-bit and 8-bit TIF respectively.  I've noticed that the 16-bit TIF is twice the size of the 8-bit TIF with no visual difference between them.I've used comparison tools such as Beyond Compare to spot differences that the eye cannot see using Tolerance, Mismatch Range and Binary Operation comparisons.Through all of these comparisons, Beyond Compare reports the images are exactly the same.AFAIK, on the D5100, the NEF images have a maximum bit-depth of 14-bit.  Does this have any relevance to saving my post-processed HDR photos in either 8-bit or 16-bit TIF images and not seeing any difference?  Is the bit-depth on my camera restricting any improvements being created using 16-bit TIF images?As I mentioned above, the two could clearly have nothing to do with each other.  However, is this is the case, what is the difference between 8-bit and 16-bit TIF images?</blockquote>

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