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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:

nnowak wrote:

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.

you made your point technically on an answer that does not fully match the question

the op asked a specific question about using neutral picture style that you did not answer the specific question - will using neutral picture style when shooting raw matter?

yes or no

Reread the title of the OP's post. Their primary question was whether or not Picture Styles had any impact on the displayed histogram.

what about the question on using neutral picture style?

I said no from my perspective - leave it in std picture style and process the raw. You didn't answer the specific question.

I did answer their question. You were the one that went off on a tangent about the merits of shooting RAW over JPEG.

I answered both questions

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.

they shoot raw only also, and so what picture style settings do they use? neutral?

Some landscape photographers create a custom, flat picture style specific to their needs.

and this could be the heart of the answer the op is looking for by asking about using neutral

what is the formula for a custom flat

how and why would it help

I haven't read anything about it in two decades

if one can't answer the op's specific question, does using neutral picture style indeed really matter?

You are misreading the OP's question. When they asked "does it not matter?", that was in reference to their original question of whether or not picture styles impacted the histogram.

the op hasn't tagged the thread as questions answered - I would like to learn more about this flat custom picture style

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