Mr. Strat wrote:
Wilba wrote:

Now I understand better from another of your posts that you are
talking about your own ability, style, and requirements, rather than
making any global claims that histograms, etc. are useless or
superfluous for everyone. You have tried them as intended for
sufficiently long to judge that they don't help you, right? :-)

I've looked at them and not found them to be particularly useful.

OK. You said "looked at" rather than something like used, studied, worked
with, or employed, which suggest to me that you haven't understood what they
can do for you.

We didn't have them in film days and I rarely had to have custom
prints made. As I said before, digital is just another kind of film
with its own quirks, requirements, etc.

The main one being that a sensor responds very differently to highlights. I
can't trust my judgement to get that right like I could with reversal or
slide film. Goodonya if you can, but I remain sceptical. :-)