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Do JPEG Styles alter the histogram?

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Re: Do JPEG Styles alter the histogram?
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StrugglingforLight wrote:

If so, would it be best to use a neutral style to get the "most accurate" histogram if shooting raw only? Or does it not matter?

Thank you.

if you shoot raw, it matters not -- just post-process to taste

whereas picture style jpgs will have different histograms

those who shoot jpg usually do so to get straight out of the camera results -- but work with the different picture styles or develop a custom picture style to get the SOOC results they want

some shoot RAW + jpg so that if their SOOC picture style jpg is not to their liking, they can post process the raw to taste.

the problem shooting jpg for some scenes is that you reduce the push/pull capability in post processing because the dynamic range is reduced -- this is why I always shoot RAW and sometimes use RAW + jpg -- you have greater flexibility if you have to post process

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