Blinkies
Jun 28, 2021 17:58:16 #
Jun 28, 2021 18:04:05 #
Adjust the exposure parameters so the image highlights are not overexposed. Consult your camera manual for Highlight Warning or Highlight Alert.
Jun 28, 2021 18:16:59 #
Jun 28, 2021 20:06:45 #
lmTrying
Loc: WV Northern Panhandle
augieg27 wrote:
How to get rid of the blinkies?
Thank you!
Thank you!
It's a warning device telling you that the blinkie areas are over exposed. Many a time when I'm taking photos of cars at an outdoor car show in the evening l get blinkies on the white clouds. I'm taking photos of cars, not clouds. So blink away. Sometimes I tilt the camera down away from the clouds. Sometimes I just go with what I've got.
Main thing is you probably have a digital camera. Take the photo, change ISO, repeat, or change shutter speed, repeat. Experiment.
Jun 28, 2021 21:40:16 #
augieg27
Loc: Central California
Hello,
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
Jun 28, 2021 22:02:15 #
augieg27 wrote:
Hello,
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
Depending on the camera you may be able to turn it on and off without going into the menu. For example, on many Nikon cameras moving the multi-selector up or down changes the info on the playback screen. It will turn off the blinkies. Other cameras probably have something similar.
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Jun 28, 2021 22:03:03 #
augieg27 wrote:
Hello,
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
I consider Highlight alerts a critical and differentiating feature of digital photography. I don't bother with the associated histogram. A quick glance at a test image tells me if I've pushed the export 'just right' to the right or whether I need to adjust, simply by a glance for the blinking highlights Y / N and where if Yes.
Jun 29, 2021 06:40:47 #
augieg27 wrote:
How to get rid of the blinkies?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Eyedrops. Sunglasses. A good night's sleep.
Jun 29, 2021 07:26:44 #
augieg27 wrote:
Hello,
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
Thank to you all for your input.
I did find the highlight option in the playback menu.
BTW, how many of you use it on? I understand the benefit but it is annoying.
Augie
The benefit far outweighs the annoyance factor - I always leave it on. Better to see and deal with blinkies BEFORE you commit to an exposure than to deal with it in post processing.
Jun 29, 2021 07:56:17 #
I relied on blinkies more when I had a dslr. With mirrorless, I tend to pay close attention to the histogram in the viewfinder and rely on that. They are valuable at times, so Id suggest you learn to use them. Also, your camera documentation or other book on your system can tell you how to turn them on and off.
Jun 29, 2021 08:38:11 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
If the light is extreme consider HDR, that will expand your high - low light. I use Photomatix as it seems to beat all the others. Some will disagree I am sure. Been doing HDR for 15-20 years and picked Photomatix over and over.
Jun 29, 2021 14:58:59 #
augieg27 wrote:
How to get rid of the blinkies?
Thank you!
Thank you!
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If you mean you don't want to see them, go into your menu system and turn them off. If you meant that you want to correct for them, lower your exposure.
Jun 29, 2021 15:14:29 #
augieg27
Loc: Central California
Wow,
Glad I brought this issue because I got lots on information about it.
I might choose it back in.
Thank you all!
Augie
Glad I brought this issue because I got lots on information about it.
I might choose it back in.
Thank you all!
Augie
Jun 29, 2021 16:54:37 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
Personally I like the blinkies; I seldom get them because I'll underexpose for highlights and do an exposure blend in Elements.
If you want to get rid of the blinkies go to Youtube, and type in something like "turn off blinkies for (you camera and model go here)". That's how I learned to turn the blinkies on (I did change "turn off" to "turn on".
If you want to get rid of the blinkies go to Youtube, and type in something like "turn off blinkies for (you camera and model go here)". That's how I learned to turn the blinkies on (I did change "turn off" to "turn on".
Jun 29, 2021 22:43:03 #
augieg27 wrote:
How to get rid of the blinkies?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Now you know what they are and how to get rid of them and that some people like them. Like all the alarms on my car I can do without them. At least on my cameras I can shut them off. I am a histogram reader (use it all the time), and an exposure adjuster (shoot once, check histogram, make adjustments, shoot again) but I find the blinkies very annoying.
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