Histogram?

[Ann Bens]

Yes. The levels effect has one but it is a very sad one.
Stick to the scopes, and they are not burried that deep.
Open them in the reference monitor.

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[Benjamin Ausmith]

Scopes and histogram achieve pretty different things– it’s hard to get a feel of the overall image using scopes. Where is the histogram in levels?

[Angelo Lorenzo]

The waveform monitor is a better tool for video. You get two measurements, where the histogram you get one.

What do I mean?

The waveform monitor not only gives you a distribution of brightness from bottom to top, but matches vertical sampling so you see a representation of the frame left-to-right. You can’t tell how bright someone’s face is by glancing at a histogram, but you can certainly do so in most situations with a waveform monitor.

It’s also far easier to match shots to other shots in terms of brightness with the waveform in comparison to the histogram.

Histograms are vague. Sure you can get an idea of average contrast and glaring exposure problems, but a waveform monitor is like a microscope. I think you’ll agree once you get over how alien they feel initially.