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Originally Posted by Tiberius

There's actually no such thing as a well balanced histogram. As I said earlier, the correct exposure is the one that the Photographer feels is best for the particular shot. After all, a shot of a person at night is going to have a much lower brightness than a picture of a person in the desert during the day. Generally, try to avoid having large spikes on the far edges of the historgram, because they are indicative of "clipping". Spikes at the far left indicate areas of solid black, and spikes on the far right show solid white. In both of these areas, there is little to no detail at all. The best general advice is to use the highest exposure that DOESN'T provide clipped highlights (these often flash in the LCD review). This way, you have as much detail as possible and avoid shadows, because as baseballboy828 pointed out, you can darken an overly bright area without too much trouble, but brightening a dark area often introduces noise.

Can the same be said for the EV? If that's the case, then why do people care what the EV is?