python随机生成12位数字,python将字符串编码的12位图像转换为8位png

I have a string that is read from a usb apogee camera that is a 12-bit grayscale image with the 12-bits each occupying the lowest 12 bits of 16-bits words.

I want to create a 8-bit png from this string by ignoring the lowest 4 bits.

I can convert it to a 16-bit image where the highest 4 bits are always zero using PIL with

import Image

#imageStr is the image string

#imageSize is the image size

img=Image.fromstring("I", imageSize, imageStr, "raw", "I;16", 0,1)

img.save("MyImage.png", "PNG")

Anyway can I do something similar to create a 8-bit image without completely unpacking the string doing arithmetic and making a new string?

Edit: Wumps comment about converting an image gave me an idea, and I did it by

img = img.point(lambda i: i * 16, "L") #shifts by 4 bits and converts to 8-bit image.

Thanks Wump

解决方案

Wump's comment about converting an image gave me an idea, and I did it by

#shifts by 4 bits and converts to 8-bit image

img = img.point(lambda i: i * 16, "L")

Thanks Wump