How to get the best raw exposure, part 2

perfect. because i had the slightest of zebras flashing.

No, because you've set the camera that way. Zebras are only an imperfect indicator.

Totally agree

😂🤣Now your finally getting how they drive up post numbers 😁

Jims reply from another post is a good example

It think that's entirely situational. If I were faced with the kinds of assignments that you are, I might do pretty much the same as you do (although I think I'd probably use lower ISOs in dim light).

If you were doing the kind of work I do, you might work more like me. 🤨

what kind of work😵‍💫

oh no i didnt, i took the image based on the histogram not the zebras 😁 i only checked the zebras,
so the histogram is NOT recorded from the jpeg file. you guys got it all wrong.

Hilarious! Especially when "NOT" is in caps, unlike the rest of the text ...

Nice work Jim.

It is isnt it. I think the camera manufactures know what they are doing. raw histogram requests 🤣😂
what a fluke stumbling upon the larger histogram on my sony cameras . i never use that screen.

Now take a shot of a bunch of red flowers "based on the histogram" just like you did for that prior shot and post the screen grabs for the in-camera live histogram and the Fast Raw Viewer histograms of the flower shot just like you did for the prior shot.

Or even better, deep blue flowers.

did that yesterday a red lunch box and a yellow leaf.
Btw red flowers are mid tones 😂🤣

Im a flower shooter. deep blue flowers 😂🤣

Which histogram failed you? Are you saying that clipping isn't because you set the camera to clip but because some histogram tricked you? Maybe let's have a look at the raw file...

Either would do just fine but I suggested red flowers because they're easier to find and DXOMark indicates that the red channel is weaker than the blue channel in the A6300. Donald is already avoiding the request, so I wouldn't hold my breath.

It isn't, see how the red channel peaks in highlights for JPEG and in midtones for raw.

Beautiful photos Jim.

I'll take looking at good photos over discussing theory all day long. :)