Thanks, Godfrey. I expected (and was hoping) as much. I remain delighted with the camera, after a year and 5200 exposures.
Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's typical. > > The histogram on the camera is one rough > approximation of the data > shape driven by the preview JPEG, the histogram in > Lightroom is its > interpretation of the RAW data itself. There are no > standards that > either can be judged by. > > I've learned how to interpret the histogram function > (and saturation/ > underexposure blinkies) for each of my cameras using > Lightroom and > Camera Raw histograms as a reference. I push the > JPEG rendering > settings around to get them as close as possible, > but they're never > exactly aligned. > > Actually, most of the time I just ignore the review > playback on the > camera entirely these days. I know how each of my > camera's metering > systems works well enough that I just set the > exposure per what I > think is right and live with the consequences *most* > of the time. I'd > rather spend my time concentrating on what I'm > shooting than whether > the histogram looks pretty... :-) But I do use it > now and then to > check if I'm in the right ballpark. > > Godfrey > > > On Apr 30, 2008, at 5:34 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. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
