nnowak
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Re: Do JPEG Styles alter the histogram?
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MAC wrote:
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
Whether or not it matters to you is not the point. To the OP's original question, yes, changing the picture style will indeed impact the histogram. Changing white balance also impacts the histogram. Whether you shoot RAW or JPEG, the impacts on the histogram are the same.
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
The OP is already shooting RAW only.
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
Other people have different needs than you. Landscape photographers trying to maximize every last bit of dynamic range will often want to be a bit more precise in their exposure.
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
I have no idea what any of that has to do with the OP's original question, but no, that's not what I do.
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