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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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nnowak wrote:

MAC wrote:

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

It does matter

after taking over a million shots in raw with std picture style shown on the back of my Canon camera screens, which matters not when I'm done post processing raw,

no, it matters not

whereas picture style jpgs will have different histograms

No camera can display a RAW histogram.

that is why I shoot raw, lots of extra push / pull room to adjust histogram in post vs messing with picture styles and just leaving it in std

Even if you are shooting RAW only, the displayed histogram will be affected by the chosen Picture Style as well as the White Balance.

it is over the top to try to figure out what picture style, besides std, gives you the most useful histogram, when you are shooting raw and will post process anyway - says the shooter with over a million processed raw shots

you shoot jpg because your camera and sports application for 90% of your shooting can't keep up with raw in the buffer - and the issue with jpg is it bakes in those jpg presets and reduces the dynamic range so adjustments in post become more difficult - and the user relies too much on the back screen which may not reflect what a well calibrated photo computer monitor was designed to do

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