[Meindert Sprang]

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Are there any meaningful parallels that can be drawn between digital
photography and digital audio?

Yes, one is 1D, the other 2D.

For example, if you take a digital photo with a high-megapixel count,
this means you can enlarge the picture more before you start to see
imperfections.

So if you record a 24-bit signal just under clipping, does that mean
you can get away with wider level adjustments in the DAW mixing
environment before noticing signal degradation?

I've formed some analogies:
linearity of audio recorder= lens quality
frequency range of recorder=color accuracy
bit depth of recorder= pixel count

Purely from a mathematical 1 dimensional audio to 2 dimensional photography
comparison, it would be more like this:

linearity of audio converter = linearity of video converter
frequency range of audio recorder = combined resolution of image sensor and
lense
bit depth of recorder = bit depth of image sensor
sample frequency of recorder = number of pixels on one image line.

Meindert