Fair enough. Didn't think about the distinction as my dad built a computer for me when I was twelve that had 2000 on it. (Worked for a software company as a UX designer, so professional business OSes were what he used.)

So the question is, what about NT and 2000? Did they fit this pattern?

Not without color banding.

You make a good point, but even so, you also show the main reason why RAW is the way to go in high-contrast images: as close as you got, you have color banding from 8-bit-ness when you try to recover data from crushed highlights/shadows. 12-14 bits from RAW eliminate that problem in all but the most EXTREME instances.

Here's the technical answer.

"Sure, you can 'recover detail' with RAW files. But generally, you should not have to do that."

I starred, unstarred, and restarred this for emphasis. Have an Internet on me.

THIS.

*Moore Call of Duty

Right, because the contract has the cost subsidizing built in; they get it by that point. But if they're required to service the phone because you bought it from them subsidized, they have to guarantee that something the user did wasn't outside the use cases.

*obligatory comment reminding that if you paid the "on-contract" price, you don't own the phone as you're still subsidizing the cost across the life of the contract*

There's technically three or four "4K" resolutions right now...

Fair point.

Might it be a little disorienting for the pilots who have to see all the stars spinning around them vs just the station, though?

Easier docking with external ships?

So, how do I differentiate from .jif? (Crappy internet here at work, or I'd post a link to the wikipedia article... this page took fifteen minutes to load.)

If you don't mind me asking, what was your exposure on these? I've not yet been able to catch a good shot of all that Milky Way dust despite several attempts out in the middle of nowhere. And what camera?

By your logic, 5K would be five times 1920x1080. I promise you, this is not the case.

Also, purple hair 'cuz reasons.

Awww.... beat me to it.