Live View Histogram v playback histogram

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06-12-2018 09:24 AM
Why does my Live View histogram differ slightly from the playback histogram, and which is more accurate?
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06-12-2018 09:32 AM
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06-12-2018 09:37 AM
Raw or JPEG?
I would have to say that the playback histogram is more accurate since it has to make fewer assumptions about WB, et al.

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06-12-2018 09:51 AM
I'm using the 5D Mark III and shooting RAW.
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06-12-2018 10:14 AM
The histogram for *both* is an approximation since it displaying a histogram for the jpeg from the internal JPEG engine. I can easily believe that the LiveView histogram is a histogram of the live view display which is a speed-optimised jpeg/video display, *not* the fully-processed JPEG.

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06-12-2018 09:43 PM
So you are saying that the playback histogram is more accurate?
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06-12-2018 10:48 PM
As far as it goes. The playback histogram is still based on the JPEG data, not the Raw data.
