LCD Preview on D5D and D7D

[jsbn]

Bringing my new wife out for a spin with her new flash at Big Boyz Toyz today, I was initially horrified to find that how dark my pictures appear to be on the LCD screen. I initially thought my exposure was all off as I did not have a bounce card or diffuser on my flash.

But upon transferring the photos to my iBook, I had a surprise. Exposure was still off, but not underexposed to the point where its all dark like I'd seen it on my LCD screen.

Anyone of u faced such problems?

[Drudkh]

answer: HISTOGRAM

[ken111111]

Originally Posted by jsbn Bringing my new wife out for a spin with her new flash at Big Boyz Toyz today, I was initially horrified to find that how dark my pictures appear to be on the LCD screen. I initially thought my exposure was all off as I did not have a bounce card or diffuser on my flash. But upon transferring the photos to my iBook, I had a surprise. Exposure was still off, but not underexposed to the point where its all dark like I'd seen it on my LCD screen. Anyone of u faced such problems?

Maybe u want to try tuning up the LCD brightness first ?

[jsbn]

Originally Posted by Drudkh answer: HISTOGRAM

Histogram shows a severely underexposed pix.

For example these 2 photos, shot with my 5D w/3600HS. I'm not sure if its due to the large number of black areas dat caused the histogram to show that the photo is a severely underexposed...





Maybe its me, maybe its my eyes. But somehow after using my 5D, even though my heart tells me, "Aperture priority wun go wrong one." But I look at the preview pix on the LCD screen and the histogram, its telling me something else...

Trust my heart or trust my eyes?

[jsbn]

Originally Posted by jsbn Histogram shows a severely underexposed pix. For example these 2 photos, shot with my 5D w/3600HS. I'm not sure if its due to the large number of black areas dat caused the histogram to show that the photo is a severely underexposed... Maybe its me, maybe its my eyes. But somehow after using my 5D, even though my heart tells me, "Aperture priority wun go wrong one." But I look at the preview pix on the LCD screen and the histogram, its telling me something else... Trust my heart or trust my eyes?

And oh... direct flash.

Cos I juz bought my flash yesterday and din have time to do up a decent bounce card.