That's interesting. I wonder if it's a Lightroom quirk or a K10D quirk. I would compare the LR histogram to the Pentax software histogram, but alas I lost the CD.
Rick --- Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To amplify just a bit on Godder's reply... > > If you shoot a few frames as RAW+JPEG and then > import them into LR, > it is easy to see at a glance which are the JPEG > (lighter) and which > are the RAW (darker). I was reminded of this last > night while > scrolling through way too many thumbnails to try and > find a shot of > my mother-in-law that my wife needed ASAP... (Don't > anybody mention > Keywords to me. I know all about them and sometimes > even use them. > Just not on shots that I have any reason to look for > later.) I came > across a bunch of duplicate shots, with one version > lighter than the > other. It took my work- and wine-befuddled mind a > while before I > realized that they were from the brief era when I > was doing the RAW > +JPEG thing. (Don't ask why, I haven't a clue. It > must have seemed > like a good idea at the time.) The camera does its > magic processing > of RAW to JPEG, saves the result and/or puts a small > version of it on > the LCD for you to view. And uses that JPEG version > as the basis for > its scene analysis which yields the histogram. You > need to do that > processing yourself with the RAW output. Which I > usually find usually > involves adding some exposure or fill-lighting. This > was true with > the *ist-D as well as the K10D. > > stan > > On Apr 30, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > > =Why= am I asking this question, just four days > from > > my K10D's first birthday and the expiry of its > > warranty? > > > > Anyway... > > > > I've been looking at the histogram on the camera > more > > lately, and noticed that it usually does not > > correspond to the histogram in Lightroom. > > > > So, I set the camera according to Godfrey's > > recommendations of several months ago. Not much > help: > > in B&W, the image on the camera's LCD and > histogram > > is about 1 stop brighter than the image and > histogram > > that Lightroom gives me. In color, there is more > > variation, with the histogram (and the "blinkies") > 0.5 > > to 1.25 stops brighter than Lightroom. > > > > This is something I can live with (rather than > part > > with my camera for two weeks, and $150!), but I'm > > curious about whether it is typical or > correctable, > > either in LR or in the camera. > > > > Rick > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ______________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http:// > > > mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
