Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video explains what histograms are and how to use them to understand the tonal value and brightness of your photography, video production and filmmaking when shooting using a DSLR and mirrorless camera. Topics include brightness, clipping, exposure compensation, RGB histograms and more.
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Chapters:

00:00 Opening
00:51 What is a Histogram?
01:32 Highlight and Shadow Clipping
02:51 How to Fix Clipping
03:19 How to Set Exposure Compensation
04:33 What a Histogram Tells You
05:34 Learn More

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