WB setting for night photos

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Originally Posted by lhdvies

I nearly always use the visual scene to start & the meter to set my exposures, but the histogram shape & location is valueable in confirming my intentions. It has never mislead me in that process.

I guess... I am confused... wink/smile...

if you understand the exposure process, why do you "need" the histogram...
too confirm what you "already" know... the joy of pushing buttons...
showing the guy shooting beside you, your ego/camera is bigger/better than his...

it is bells and whistles... and shiny things... "we" all like them...

if... you can explain the correct looking histogram in one or two sentences, that will work with every image...
not to me... but, to the novice who is trying to learn about exposure... without confusing them...
then... I will recommend using it...

clipping...
do you allow clipping in your images...
what if the scene dictates clipping... do you not allow, and expose incorrectly...
will the histogram tell when the scene dictates it... or flash/beep... and tell you the scene is wrong...
will the histogram tell you how much...

[lhdvies]

Wow!!!!!!!

Sorry to confuse you! Of course it is my "ego" so I can show off all my "bells & whistles", & those nice shiny things!
And it is just so much fun to push all those buttons, I just can't resist it!

I feel so deflated now, I think I'll just tape over my LCD