> <snip> > > But the histogram is an actual measure of how good your exposure is. > > However its only truly useful for the RAW shooter as a good > histogram > > delivers the best data, not necessarily the best looking JPEG. > > Hi Adam, > > You mean that the histogram is based on RAW data? I thought it is > based on the resulting JPEG, I remember a discussion is dpreview where > they were trying to find out the best white balance to get the most > accurate histogram for RAW >
in the camera it's based on JPEG, but you can get a reasonably good feel for how it will be in the raw, with experience. In LR (and presumably other raw processors) it's based on raw, of course, and that's really the time it becomes useful. What does the white balance have to do with the accuracy of the histogram? Sounds like nonsense to me; white balance is applied to output, not to input. Bob -- 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.
