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How To Read a Camera Histogram

The histogram, a very useful exposure tool. In this video I explain how one can interpret a histogram.
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  • @zy_cheng
    @zy_cheng4 жыл бұрын

    If you found this helpful, leave a comment to let me know if there’s any other topics you’d like me to explain in a future video!

  • @HaotoAnimeOnPiano

    @HaotoAnimeOnPiano

    4 жыл бұрын

    What if our cameras don't have Zebra? I know Magic Lantern can help us with that but I don't want to risk of breaking my camera that's not supported. And there's also monitors which I would want to avoid buying one.

  • @Steve-yo8uh

    @Steve-yo8uh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful. I just bought a BMPCC 6K and was wondering what that graph was. - Thanks!

  • @Pianist7137Gaming

    @Pianist7137Gaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    great tutorial and easy to understand

  • @deejaydris

    @deejaydris

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing very very helpful

  • @thehumanityoflife6460

    @thehumanityoflife6460

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HaotoAnimeOnPiano He does not reply to comments. Too bad.

  • @Captain_newo
    @Captain_newo4 ай бұрын

    7 years later and still better at explaining than the other 5 or so videos i've tried. thank you.

  • @AminHasani-jh3uc
    @AminHasani-jh3uc Жыл бұрын

    4 minute video, to the point, clear explanation, and educational. THank you!!

  • @ThomasOlsen-n6c
    @ThomasOlsen-n6c6 күн бұрын

    Here in 2024 - Best 4 minutes spent on KZread in a while. Thanks ZY Cheng 7 years ago.

  • @brendaweaver4212
    @brendaweaver42122 ай бұрын

    Finally, a video that gets right to the point instead of talking about their accomplishments first!

  • @Mariamuri4
    @Mariamuri47 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this great explanation of the histogram. You present the concepts in a way that are easy to understand. Your videos are high quality in content, delivery, and illustrations. Thanks!

  • @e178264

    @e178264

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you, I have learned so much from him. One of my favorites

  • @JoshPostVlogs
    @JoshPostVlogs3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Clear, concise. AND, most importantly, you actually show the image with histogram as you’re explaining! Nice job!

  • @RoyTecTips
    @RoyTecTips7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks finally I understand Histogram

  • @freemanedeh8832

    @freemanedeh8832

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same lol.

  • @bretmosley
    @bretmosley2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! So clear, concise, helpful, and articulate. I've needed to understand histogram and zebra for a good while. You delivered exactly what I needed...in 4 minutes. Your explanation is excellent!

  • @No2theBS
    @No2theBS7 жыл бұрын

    Best explanation of the histogram i've seen. Thanks

  • @DanDascalescu-dandv

    @DanDascalescu-dandv

    3 жыл бұрын

    I found this video better because it explains why it's a mistake to just look at the overall image: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJd7t5OEoM-Wo7A.html

  • @rudranroy2109
    @rudranroy21094 жыл бұрын

    The best informative photography channel on youtube. Best, and presented in a nutshell with full detail. No chitchat, no nothing, straight-to-the-point. Other people out there would be churning out a 24mins video with less information than this 4min video.

  • @QuynhNguyen-ou6ov
    @QuynhNguyen-ou6ov7 жыл бұрын

    Your explanations are so detail and easy to understand! I'm a beginner and still don't know all of the functions on the camera. It'll be great if you can start a series explaining things for beginner!

  • @themarksmanABP
    @themarksmanABP5 жыл бұрын

    This and another video have gave me such a greater understanding of correct exposure in my shots in the last 15 mins on YT. Thank you. Im new to the camera and have struggled to understand why my portraits look great on the lcd but different once uploaded lol

  • @theSpaceBar_
    @theSpaceBar_7 жыл бұрын

    This understanding has amounted to the single best improvement in my photography skills. Thank you!

  • @JRLeeRadio
    @JRLeeRadio2 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! Thanks a lot!

  • @suresh1957
    @suresh19577 жыл бұрын

    One of the most lucid explanations of the histogram ! Thanks for your excellent video tutorials! Cheers Suresh Strasbourg, France

  • @hkalgaonkar
    @hkalgaonkar5 жыл бұрын

    Short, to the point and easy to understand ! Thanks.

  • @BMH1965
    @BMH19654 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the detailed explanation - it confirms many things I thought I knew and fills in missing information I did not have.

  • @phatcrayonz
    @phatcrayonz6 жыл бұрын

    i think you are the greatest teacher online explaining all in photography!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @rifaathanver1221
    @rifaathanver12215 жыл бұрын

    Good one. Simple and very clear to understand.

  • @PhotoVideoGraphics
    @PhotoVideoGraphics4 жыл бұрын

    Finally somebody gives a brilliant explanation how histogram works while taking a photo. Bless you for that

  • @ChrisTuttlePlant
    @ChrisTuttlePlant7 жыл бұрын

    This was excellent! Thanks for the thoughtful content. I like the direction your channel is going in!

  • @tonyturner7676
    @tonyturner76767 жыл бұрын

    The best explanation of a histogram that I have come across. Thank you.

  • @andresreyna4260
    @andresreyna42605 жыл бұрын

    Just got my 1st camera last week, a SonyA6500, this is the simplest explanation I've seen on KZread about Histograms.....THANK YOU!

  • @cromulentpixels
    @cromulentpixels2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! This is by far the best vido in explaining the histogram I have ever encountered on the internet.

  • @ZaberAnsaryOfficial
    @ZaberAnsaryOfficial7 жыл бұрын

    Best Explanation of Histograms Ive ever watched. Better understood the things than from Northrups, Joshua Cripps or Others

  • @aileenbauerlin4529
    @aileenbauerlin45292 жыл бұрын

    I am so glad I found your educational videos! I have spent countless hours searching for videos to help expand my knowledge on very specific things in photography. I have been astonished at how many videos are poorly made and by the end of the time the question is an answered. You are fantastic at shining a laser spotlight on a topic, delivering it in an accessible and personable way in a record short period of time! Your videos are good! Thank you so much!

  • @benjaminnjogu4219
    @benjaminnjogu42195 жыл бұрын

    Atleast 1 year after most you guys have been here, but nevertheless, this guy is spot on. I have just recently acquired a Nikon d5300 and this is the best explanation I have seen for histogram.

  • @TeamTLJ
    @TeamTLJ2 жыл бұрын

    This has saved me. And such clear and concise explanation w/examples! Thank you!!

  • @Malvlex
    @Malvlex3 жыл бұрын

    Short, simple, clear. Thanks!

  • @jimmillward3505
    @jimmillward35052 жыл бұрын

    such a good teacher you are . you have a nice manner and a clear and concise approach...thank you...very good indeed.

  • @TwoCaptainsOneShip
    @TwoCaptainsOneShip6 жыл бұрын

    From the time he started speaking I could tell this would be a great review. Right on, what a great and simple explanation, Thank you,

  • @e30vert
    @e30vert6 жыл бұрын

    Well explained with plain terms that are not hard to understand. Well paced without alot of umm's and uhh's. No extraneous music or jump cuts. Clarity of thought! Thanks for demystifying the Histogram which can be daunting to some as they see all these peaky formations and it fools them into thinking its complicated and ultra high tech.

  • @whatfoodsmenu
    @whatfoodsmenu3 жыл бұрын

    Best Explanation of Camera Histogram . Bravo !!!!!

  • @grjlynch
    @grjlynch4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very clear, good to see it through the lens. Thanks for taking the time to set this up.

  • @nicktrieu8129
    @nicktrieu81295 жыл бұрын

    Best explanation I've seen so far! Thanks!

  • @bobforbes563
    @bobforbes5634 жыл бұрын

    Great job explaining. The baseball bat image at the end was a happy surprise.

  • @jamie_connor
    @jamie_connor Жыл бұрын

    Incredibly helpful and very easy to follow along, thank you.

  • @HardwareUnknown
    @HardwareUnknown4 жыл бұрын

    Really approachable overview of histograms. I've been trying to improve exposure in my videos, and this gives me a much better grasp of what I should be looking for while doing so. Great to know how the zebra mode can be used in conjunction to really explain why the histogram reads a certain way. Thanks for this!

  • @mahanyazdani2757
    @mahanyazdani27572 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation! Useful, enough, no fuss and adds and introductions and other useless shit! I wish all of KZread was like this. Thank you 💕.

  • @ExploratoryBehaviour
    @ExploratoryBehaviour7 жыл бұрын

    You are making this world a better place... More skilled... All the best with your channel! - A fellow KZreadr...

  • @MerhlinsPlace
    @MerhlinsPlace4 жыл бұрын

    Thank for leaving out a lot of B.S. (wasting our time) and getting right to the points. Excellently done. Done like a good teacher.

  • @Photon123451
    @Photon1234514 жыл бұрын

    Thanks......didn't know how to use the histogram........you made it quite clear......never knew what they meant when video guys talked about the blacks being crushed......!!

  • @thexfilez2450
    @thexfilez24506 жыл бұрын

    Another golden nugget of information assimilated. Thank you!!

  • @ReidVV
    @ReidVV Жыл бұрын

    One of the best explanations of this I have ever seen. Great visuals and well explained. Thanks.

  • @colewilliams3437
    @colewilliams3437 Жыл бұрын

    This is a perfect video. I come back to it every now and then for a refresher

  • @Lunamoonfang
    @Lunamoonfang6 жыл бұрын

    Simple and straight to the point!

  • @renatepierotto
    @renatepierotto6 жыл бұрын

    amazing video! very informative, thanks!

  • @christiankogler3381
    @christiankogler3381 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the really useful quick tutorial - it's so great that you really focus on the important bits and don't talk around the topic a lot like most guys do unfortunately! :)

  • @dusanstevic89
    @dusanstevic89 Жыл бұрын

    Concise and straight to the point. Excellent video!

  • @LL-nw6cd
    @LL-nw6cd2 жыл бұрын

    Your explanation and the images used to explain the light histogram are excellent! Very easy to understand. Thank you so much, ZY Cheng!

  • @robertorayo
    @robertorayo4 жыл бұрын

    Finally someone who explain me this topic very well - thank you.

  • @Cheddar-lq9cj
    @Cheddar-lq9cj3 жыл бұрын

    Histogram was such a mystery to me before. I appreciate the way you explained it! Thank you, Fil-Am 🇵🇭 - 🇺🇸

  • @kedavis
    @kedavis3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Thank You Thank you!! I have struggled to understand Histograms and this video helped me to finally understand. Great job!

  • @michaellissow543
    @michaellissow5433 жыл бұрын

    Well done. Short, to the point and understandable. Thank you.

  • @kingmop7249
    @kingmop72495 жыл бұрын

    I just love the way you explain things so simple and so instructif big support from.algeria north africa

  • @yc1228
    @yc12286 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great video. Well explained.

  • @Giantcappuccino
    @Giantcappuccino6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for a simple explanation of how the histogram works! I have been using a camera for many years, but it seems that by watching your videos, I'm just now learning how to make pictures.

  • @sanjeetswain7112
    @sanjeetswain71124 жыл бұрын

    Your explanation is so simple that it can be easily understood by anyone, thank you. We want more explanation video

  • @kevinpainchaud5263
    @kevinpainchaud52633 жыл бұрын

    You're a great teacher. Very clear.

  • @c0pyimitati0n
    @c0pyimitati0n7 жыл бұрын

    Best explanation of the histogram online.

  • @LongTimeTTFan
    @LongTimeTTFan7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot. The first vid about histogram in LIVE view I have viewed. Clearly explained. Vividly demonstrated. Well done.

  • @goldog2816
    @goldog28162 жыл бұрын

    👍Great job ZY I always enjoy your videos, short, simple and straight forward ...........

  • @prakritivedikaa8877
    @prakritivedikaa88773 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful video on histogram. You have explained the concept in very easy manner. Thank.

  • @mikaelnilsson5912
    @mikaelnilsson59122 жыл бұрын

    Precisely what I what looking for, short and good explanation

  • @Bait2Bend
    @Bait2Bend5 жыл бұрын

    Great Explanation. You make it easy to understand. Others try to make it too complicated. Thank you for simplifying! -Scott

  • @rctd3260
    @rctd32602 жыл бұрын

    Thanks bro!! This will be helpful when I'm flying drones!! Left a like!!

  • @katherineefudge3616
    @katherineefudge36162 жыл бұрын

    This really helped. Thank you for breaking this down and making it simple to understand.

  • @elshroomness
    @elshroomness3 жыл бұрын

    I accidently clicked on this video for statistics class ended up learning something new. Thank you!

  • @ayanroy4260
    @ayanroy42605 жыл бұрын

    Very lucid, and comprehensive piece of lecture. Thanks a lot.

  • @user-dx2kt9ny6o
    @user-dx2kt9ny6o5 ай бұрын

    Definitely subscribing - that was so clear and easy to follow!

  • @vinayakpednekar5236
    @vinayakpednekar52367 жыл бұрын

    Very useful and easy to understand video. ..Many thanks and keep up the good work.

  • @brex015
    @brex0153 ай бұрын

    Very helpful! You made this very easy to understand

  • @TheUrbanmeister
    @TheUrbanmeister5 жыл бұрын

    It takes great skill and underpinning knowledge to make a potentially complex subject like this 'simple'. Excellent job with great graphics as well. Thank you.

  • @eskertoo
    @eskertoo4 жыл бұрын

    I had never thought of viewing a histogram!But this video has explained so much.Many thanks.

  • @ClipKingz
    @ClipKingz2 жыл бұрын

    Very easy to understand explanation. Thank you!

  • @farisme
    @farisme11 ай бұрын

    thank you! your explanation is clear and concise.

  • @AI-PhotographyGeek
    @AI-PhotographyGeek7 жыл бұрын

    Very Practical Explained! Thank You

  • @keithmjr
    @keithmjr4 жыл бұрын

    When you provided an example for a dark exposure, you meant it in all every sense

  • @alxzen1127
    @alxzen11274 жыл бұрын

    This was an awesome explanation, detailed but not overly complicated or technical. Thank you!

  • @HughPoland
    @HughPoland2 жыл бұрын

    ZY, you have a gift of teaching that few others have. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this concept for me.

  • @bobsctx8166
    @bobsctx81662 жыл бұрын

    Great video, clear understandable explanations, love your simple way of showing histogram changes by covering objects in the frame with your hand! Keep up the excellent work!

  • @AminHasani-jh3uc
    @AminHasani-jh3uc Жыл бұрын

    You explained it so clearly I subscribed right away, keep up the good videos!

  • @Nqrgaard
    @Nqrgaard7 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and short! More more more 😊

  • @SieSo
    @SieSo4 жыл бұрын

    Straight and to the point. Thanks

  • @ElectricFuture
    @ElectricFuture4 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation thanks

  • @chriswilson5174
    @chriswilson5174 Жыл бұрын

    Great explanation, makes it so simple to understand

  • @BeeEZ88
    @BeeEZ882 жыл бұрын

    SO HELPFUL and straight to the point! Thank you!!

  • @zspopediting7870
    @zspopediting78705 жыл бұрын

    Straight to the point as always!!!! 👌🏾

  • @laudankirk6168
    @laudankirk61683 жыл бұрын

    Super helpful and clear explanations with great examples. Thank you.

  • @PerfectNormal
    @PerfectNormal2 жыл бұрын

    Great exclamation. Very easy to understand.

  • @rogerhampton2844
    @rogerhampton28442 жыл бұрын

    Very clear explanation. Thank you!

  • @nicknguyen9788
    @nicknguyen97882 ай бұрын

    the best explaination till this day

  • @BrijeshSarin
    @BrijeshSarin4 жыл бұрын

    This is the best explanation by far. Thank You soo much

  • @christianek.963
    @christianek.9633 жыл бұрын

    I have watched multiple videos around this subject and I feel like you have explained something totally different from the others, but at the same time it was so understandable! I can finally say that I understand that😭

  • @gabrielcabral7860
    @gabrielcabral78606 ай бұрын

    Great video, simple and clear! Thanks man!

  • @austinhaddow1234
    @austinhaddow12346 жыл бұрын

    Amazing explanation, please continue doing what you do. Subscribed on this video alone

  • @arielatomhc
    @arielatomhc4 жыл бұрын

    Perfect clear and precise.

  • @kavinda_srimal
    @kavinda_srimal11 ай бұрын

    Simply explain about histrogram . Thank u for teaching us ❤❤❤ gd luck

  • @fxprocc
    @fxprocc2 жыл бұрын

    awesome explanation and very simple to follow. Best on youtube. thank you sir