Start here:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml
The peaks merely tell you where the bulk of the pixels you've captured lie
on an exposure graph (the histogram). Normally you want to avoid clipping
the mound off at either end. But a high-key image will normally be pressed
to the right and a low-key image pressed to the left.
Joel W.
At 03:48 PM 6/10/2005 +0200, you wrote:
>Sorry for my digital ignorance, but how do I read the histogram, am I
>just looking that none of the peaks go too high, I guess this should be
>my next stage of experimentation, but what's a good histogram and what's
>a bad one
>
>
>thanks in advance
>
>
> > * AEL/AFL -- I pondered what to do with this for a long time because the
> > auto-exposure lock was really important to the way I was working with the
> > C8080. I think life is just different with the E-1. If ESP exposure is
> > suspect, I now just switch to M mode and work with manual exposure
> > settings. Chimp and adjust.
> > * Chimp Mode -- speaking of this -- once you've hit the display button,
> > pushing the INFO button overlays the histogram. The default setting on
> the
> > monitor doesn't hold enough information to display the highlights very
> > accurately, so one click provides a quick check of the histogram. It is
> > also possible to get the display to show blown highlights. I don't find
> > this to be necessary with the histogram available.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Joel W.
> >
> >
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