>>2843586that's not how it works. JPEG's 8 bits are gamma compressed, in linear (which is what RAW uses) in the darks it's equivalent to 11.7 bits (log2(12.92) extra bits). That's why in RAW 12 bits is the bare minimum, because otherwise you'll get quantisation errors/banding in the darks that shouldn't be there even in a JPG.
So if you have 12-bit RAW you get no extra precision in the blacks (and thus arguably no extra dynamic range), although you do get a lot of extra precision in the mids and highlights.
>>2843712oh yeah that too, chroma resolution gets fucked
