Anyone know of a video camera that has built in histograms?

[triplej96]

Just curious if they made them I know DSLRs have them.

 

[Justin Kuhn]

I think the HPX has something like that...but I'm thinking of the graph thingy I've heard the focus assist has, probably not the same thing.

 

[Barry_Green]

The HPX series all have a histogram-looking display for focus assist, but not for exposure control.

 

[Jim Brennan]

Is that something you need to go to the gynecologist for?

 

[Tom Marshall]

If you're recording directly to a pc or laptop, you can use something like DV Rack (which is now part of the Adobe suite) - it gives you a vector scope, waveform monitor, and a bunch of other gadgets to help you shoot something.

 

[Jim Brennan]

They ever make a version of that for Mac?

 

[Brandon Rice]

The RED has a histogram.

 

[triplej96]

Guess I will be getting a RED ....I wish. Just wasn't sure if any cameras had built in histogram meters like DSLRs seems this would be a very usefull and great feature. That is cool the HPX has a histo-gram looking display for focus but sill a exposure histogram would be killer. I guess this is a hard/expensive thing to put into video cameras?

Thanks for the replys everyone.

 

[oneinfiniteloop]

They ever make a version of that for Mac?

Check out Scopebox as an alternative for Mac, tried it recently on a commercial shoot and liked it a lot.

 

[Luis Caffesse]

That is cool the HVX has a histo-gram looking display for focus but sill a exposure histogram would be killer.

Just to make sure no one gets confused - the HPX has the histogram focus tool (which is what Justin and Barry mentioned), not the HVX.

 

[triplej96]

Just to make sure no one gets confused - the HPX has the histogram focus tool (which is what Justin and Barry mentioned), not the HVX.

Good catch Luis sorry getting tired I edited my post.

 

[Luis Caffesse]

.... I edited my post.

Great...now my post just makes me look stupid.

 

[triplej96]

Great...now my post just makes me look stupid.

Should I edit my edit...then I would look stupid. Sorry Luis.

 

[ed 209]

The Sony V1 and the new EX1 have exposure histograms. Don't know if the EX1 does this, but the V1 also superimposes an orange line on the histogram to show where 70 or 100 IRE is when zebras are on.

 

[triplej96]

The Sony V1 and the new EX1 have exposure histograms. Don't know if the EX1 does this, but the V1 also superimposes an orange line on the histogram to show where 70 or 100 IRE is when zebras are on.

Impressive.

 

[Barry_Green]

Is that something you need to go to the gynecologist for?

No, no, that would be a HERstogram. With the HIStogram, you have to go to the urologist, silly.