How do u make use of yr histogram?

janzguy81 · 19th June 2005

The histogram feature is more like a piece of graph work on my image preview screen. Yet, I notice that some guys do actually read and intepret them.

For the more pros out there, care to shed some light on this?

Cheers

+evenstar · 19th June 2005

Originally Posted by janzguy81

The histogram feature is more like a piece of graph work on my image preview screen. Yet, I notice that some guys do actually read and intepret them.

For the more pros out there, care to shed some light on this?

Cheers

I usually look at it to see whether the image is under/over-exposed. If the graph is mostly towards the left, it is most likely under and vice versa

data1ore · 19th June 2005

Again, that really depends on what you're shooting. If it's a normal photo (you're not going for some creative effect), watching out for clipping on the highlights or shadows is good enough. However, all the dSLRs below 1 series only show luminosity histogram, not quite the various channels, so we can't tell as accurately.

If you're shooting silhouettes, you'd expect it to be underexposed, etc etc.

Caspere · 21st June 2005

Please read

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...stograms.shtml

And after you understood the above, read this

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...se-right.shtml

The author has written very comprehensively on this matter. Enjoy.

Cheers.[/

19th June 2005	#1
janzguy81 Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hougang Posts: 215	How do u make use of yr histogram? The histogram feature is more like a piece of graph work on my image preview screen. Yet, I notice that some guys do actually read and intepret them. For the more pros out there, care to shed some light on this? Cheers

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Caspere Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East Side Posts: 1,410	Please read http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...stograms.shtml And after you understood the above, read this http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...se-right.shtml The author has written very comprehensively on this matter. Enjoy. Cheers.[/ Last edited by Caspere; 21st June 2005 at 02:30 AM. Reason: updated link

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data1ore Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Singapore / Pittsburgh (study) Posts: 163	Again, that really depends on what you're shooting. If it's a normal photo (you're not going for some creative effect), watching out for clipping on the highlights or shadows is good enough. However, all the dSLRs below 1 series only show luminosity histogram, not quite the various channels, so we can't tell as accurately. If you're shooting silhouettes, you'd expect it to be underexposed, etc etc.