I'm willing to bet that the blinkies are calculated from the JPEG though. On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to ask a question. Under Record menu, screen 5, (on my K-5, > but I know other models have this same feature), there are Instant > Review options. One of them is "Bright/Dark Area", which when ON will > cause your blown out highlights to blink on the LCD screen. I always > thought that this meant that the pixel sites had been saturated (which > would be true whether the output was RAW or JPEG). Is that incorrect? > > If that is correct, it seems to me that it is all one needs to make > sure that one is not blowing out parts of your image in the highlights > (which is the "sin" that we seem to be wanting to avoid, most of all). > Correct or incorrect? > > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> A PentaxForums thread on this subject: >> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/68043-finally-camera-raw-histogram.html >> >> >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Doug Brewer <d...@alphoto.com> wrote: >>> Just to jump in here >>> >>> >>> On 5/22/13 12:24 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: >>> >>>> Now off-topic a little bit to describe my personal context in all >>>> this: >>>> * I perfectly understand that what makes the difference between a >>>> "good" and "ordinary" photo is mainly composition (and to a less >>>> extent the hardware and technicalities, although they can help a lot); >>> >>> >>> I know all this is about color fidelity and whatnot, but I need to say this: >>> light. Light is what you want. You can have decent composing skills and a >>> good camera, but unless you pay attention to the light, your photos might be >>> good, but they'll never be great. >>> >>> Light, light, light. Oh, and light. >>> >>> Carry on, then. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - >> Peter Galassi > > > > -- > "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - > Peter Galassi > > -- > 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.
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