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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 687031" data-attributes="member: 13090">Active D-Lighting is essentially a Contrast modifier best used in higher dynamic-range, lower ISO, situations when shooting .jpg (quite a few caveats, I know!) I find it does a nice job of protecting highlights, generally speaking, but may also increase noise in the shadows somewhat. I've found the Auto setting surprisingly effective at achieving a good balance but I only enable the option for straight .jpg shooting. I kind of think of it as a poor man's fill-flash. Sort of. I find it does not play nicely with high ISO's.Active D-Lighting doesn't process raw files, per se, but it can (read: will) affect metering, so I definitely disable the option when shooting raw. Third-party processing applications like Lightroom and Photoshop don't recognize the effects of Active D-Lighting and, on a couple occasions, using it has really messed with some of my shots. So again, for straight raw shooting, I have this feature disabled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 687031, member: 13090"] Active D-Lighting is essentially a Contrast modifier best used in higher dynamic-range, lower ISO, situations when shooting .jpg (quite a few caveats, I know!) I find it does a nice job of protecting highlights, generally speaking, but may also increase noise in the shadows somewhat. I've found the Auto setting surprisingly effective at achieving a good balance but I only enable the option for straight .jpg shooting. I kind of think of it as a poor man's fill-flash. Sort of. I find it does not play nicely with high ISO's. Active D-Lighting doesn't process raw files, [i]per se[/i], but it can (read: will) affect [i]metering[/i], so I definitely disable the option when shooting raw. Third-party processing applications like Lightroom and Photoshop don't recognize the effects of Active D-Lighting and, on a couple occasions, using it has really messed with some of my shots. So again, for straight raw shooting, I have this feature disabled. [/QUOTE]

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