tribal-warrior
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Today, I was experimenting with my G2's histogram which is actually the first time that Ive used a histogram (still fairly new to digital cameras!) From what Ive read on the internet, using the histogram seems like a viable alternative to taking light meter readings (which is what I'm used to doing with my film equipment.)
When using the histogram, I would expect that the display would change as I adjust the aperture or shutter speed. However, this does not happen. Say for example, I point the camera at a scene which the histogram has indicated underexposure. I open up the aperture (by one stop, two stops, even four and five stops) and there is no significant change in the histogram display. It looks pretty much the same.
Same deal when I point the camera at a scene which the histogram interprets as being correctly exposed. No matter how much I adjust the aperture or shutter speed, the scene will still be correctly exposed, according to the histogram.
Is there something that I'm missing here? By the way, the camera has been set to M.
When using the histogram, I would expect that the display would change as I adjust the aperture or shutter speed. However, this does not happen. Say for example, I point the camera at a scene which the histogram has indicated underexposure. I open up the aperture (by one stop, two stops, even four and five stops) and there is no significant change in the histogram display. It looks pretty much the same.
Same deal when I point the camera at a scene which the histogram interprets as being correctly exposed. No matter how much I adjust the aperture or shutter speed, the scene will still be correctly exposed, according to the histogram.
Is there something that I'm missing here? By the way, the camera has been set to M.