What is the flashing Highlights warning us of?

[lejazzcat]

Any idea what the "highlights" review of a image is telling us?

The manual says its the brightest part of a image, but i suspect its a warning of overdriven (255 rgb) level - or ???

[PiroStitch]

Pretty much When the highlights flash, it means they've been blown and no detail was captured for that area. Or as you put it, past white (ffffff+)

That's my limited understanding anyway

[lejazzcat]

Pretty much When the highlights flash, it means they've been blown and no detail was captured for that area. Or as you put it, past white (ffffff+)

That's my limited understanding anyway

Hi Piro,
So you think theres no buffer? - that it means youve already blown highlights .
Bummer! - i cant tell as theres no specification of the way its calibrated in the manual.
Thoms guide probably has it ...

[gstark]

Yep, it's your (already) blown highlights.

The good news is that in many circumstances you can simply reshoot after modifying your exposure to compensate in some way.

[stubbsy]

Yep, it's your (already) blown highlights.

The good news is that in many circumstances you can simply reshoot after modifying your exposure to compensate in some way.

In fact that's exactly how I set up for a new area. Take a test shot - check for blown highlights, adjust EV, test again recheck do similar with histogram to make sure it is reasonable then shoot away. If I'm expecting blown highlights I may recheck on specific images. This is my default view on the viewfinder. Makes for easy chimping

[sirhc55]

An even faster way to counter shots with visible and doubtful highlights, is to utilise the bracketing feature on the D70 et al - over - mtr - under is a good start