How to commune with the Canon gods

[Noel_Carboni]

Create each color histogram line from a pair of pixels, e.g., a bright blue and a dark blue. One will always show.

As implied by Curt, this would be a nice option for at-a-glance chimping, but should not utterly replace the current display methods.

-Noel

[TimRucci]

I can live with the histogram any way Canon displays it, except for one thing, the border on the right side (which doesn't exist).

In bright sunlight one simply cannot see where the histogram ends on the right side, and where the dead space to the right of that starts. A simple way to fix this would be to display a white one-pixel wide border around the entire histogram, so we could see very easily if the histogram extends all the way to the right or the left. Seems like a simple fix and I'm curious why something like this has never been done. I hear this same complaint from a lot of my fellow Canon shooters too.

Tim

[Ross Becker]

Hi Tim et al
I agree with you that not being able to see the righthand side of the histogram in bright conditions is a real pain.
I would also really like to see an option of a full sized 3 channel histogram overlaid on the picture. AND if a live histogram could be superimposed in the viewing screen when composing a picture, as it is in live view on the LCD, would be super.

Thanks for all the ideas.

Ross

[sjprg]

Too bad the Canon engineers don't get to monitor this forum directly, They might get some good ideas.

[ChuckWestfall]

Thanks to one and all for the constructive recommendations on improving the histogram display. Keep 'em coming!

[Peter Gregg]

Originally Posted by sjprg

Too bad the Canon engineers don't get to monitor this forum directly, They might get some good ideas.

Having Chuck sending Canon feedback from pro photographers is better than anything Nikon is doing. I guess you can consider it having an inside line

Peter

[curtd]

"Ross Becker... if a live histogram could be superimposed in the viewing screen when composing a picture, as it is in live view on the LCD, would be super."

WOW! That would be the greatest! Checking a histogram without having to look at the lcd is the best idea I've heard yet, eh Chuck?

Peace, Curt

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