JRW makes some really good points. And then we start talking about video and color depth gets hammered again.

I did notice that in the Canon website the DPP it referenced 8 or 16 bit jpg or tiffs. I need to double check (that would explain why file size jumps when one uses 100% quality vs. 95%.

I am surprised though on how good many of the pix look an a high def tv at 8 bit.

Looking forward to the continuing advancement in image processing