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There is no such things as a

There is no such things as a 'bit depth':

Imagine Sony ARW2 format (described in details here: http://www.rawdigger.com/howtouse/sony-craw-arw2-posterization-detection ):
- local 7-bit lossy storage
- 11-bit non-linear after lossy (de)compression
- 0..17204 data range after linearization curve (so, 'more than 14bits'

Also, advertized as 14-bit ADC (Sony A7 series), but data gapped even in shadows).

So, what bitdepth?

LibRaw provides data range (maximum value) in imgdata.color.maximum

-- Alex Tutubalin @LibRaw LLC