I'm not too sure that you can tell if you have blown highlights from
just the histogram. Since I've been using the Ds, (it has some nice
points but I do miss the D), I've had the blinkies turned on with the
histogram. I've gotten blinkies with what looks like a perfectly
acceptable histogram.
Steve Jolly wrote:
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1. Do you feel you understand the histogram?
Yes.
2. Do you ever look at the histogram while you are shooting? When?
Under what situations?
After every shot - I have it set to pop up with the preview image on
my DS. (I also find myself trying to chimp on film cameras, but
that's another story...) I hope one day to gain such a good
understanding of exposure that I never even have to look at the photos
after I take them...
3. Do you ever look at the blinkies? When? Under what situations?
No, I have them turned off.
4. Do you find one of them (histogram or blinkies) more useful than
the other? Do you look at it more? Or do you tend to use both in
concert?
The histogram tells me if I've blown the highlights or not, and I can
see where they are by looking for the lightest bits of the preview
image. So I never need to use the blinkies.
The way I see it, the blinkies are there as a simpler alternative to
the histogram. I appreciate that some people probably find it helpful
to use both though.
S
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