What does a perfect histogram look like?

londuck wrote in post #2350512
Not with you on this.

A grand height ("shoots through the roof") indicates there are a lot of pixels of that particular bit value (or bit values). But, I see no bad attribute associate with this?

Am I just misunderstanding your copy?

Enjoy! Lon

Bingo...you only loose detail if the histogram is clipping to the left or right...not off the top.

NickSimcheck wrote in post #2351736
Yeah I didn't word it right, that's what happens what you don't proof read at midnight.

"So if it shoots through the roof at either end, you're loosing a lot of detail."

Even that is not entirely correct...but I get what you are trying to say...it's hard to describe. Shooting through the roof is fine...that just means lots of pixels are capturing that tonal range. What you don't want (technically) is for the histogram to show a spike that doesn't return to the floor BEFORE it goes off the end.