I've been doing some seamless white portrait type work recently, and it appears to me that my R5's Highlight Alert feature (the "blinkies" when reviewing images on the camera) incorrectly reports that some white areas are truly blown out.
Specifically, even though the camera says much of a white backdrop is blown out, importing the same image into Lightroom has shown tone levels in supposedly blown out areas as low as something like 246-246-246 (!).
Because I shoot CRAW, one explanation for this may be because the Highlight Alert feature is based upon the JPEG image embedded in the RAW file. Another explanation is that Lightroom's initial processing of the RAW file somehow pulls a bit more information.
But it's still strange. Has anyone else noticed something similar?
The blinkers are like the histogram, based on the jpeg created based on the picture style. It will not be exactly the same, so your situation is normal.
EB-1 wrote:
The blinkers are like the histogram, based on the jpeg created based on the picture style. It will not be exactly the same, so your situation is normal.
EBH
Thank you, appreciate the response!
Seems like it's what I figured. Just was a bit surprised at some of the level of difference between the highlight alert and the actual raw.
Try Neutral. It's generally closer than the default picture styles.
I don't use Adobe or CRAW so I have no idea how those interact with the channel levels.
Wish we could have the blinkies in the EVF during shooting, instead of just on review, like my OM-1 MkII. Since it has the blinkies I have taken the histogram out of the view to free up space in the EVF.
Alan Kefauver wrote:
Wish we could have the blinkies in the EVF during shooting, instead of just on review, like my OM-1 MkII. Since it has the blinkies I have taken the histogram out of the view to free up space in the EVF.
