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<blockquote data-quote="iceisles" data-source="post: 132240" data-attributes="member: 13574">I'm familiar with what Active D-Lighting is designed to do but have found the overwhelming majority of my pictures to be &quot;washed out&quot; when this is enabled. This is easily correctable in Lightroom, etc., but I'm wondering if this should be happening? I've done a fair amount of research on the Active D-Lighting feature and it certainly doesn't seem like a gimmicky function; in fact, many articles show side by side pictures demonstrating the before and after improvement. I thought that perhaps setting a -0.7EV compensation while shooting might offset the washed out look, but so far, it really hasn'tMy question is, should I not keep this on &quot;Auto&quot;, or perhaps even off altogether? If I can get a general idea on how everyone implements Active D-Lighting (of if they don't use it at all), it would definitely be most appreciated. I don't mind making the adjustments in post, but if I can get a perfect shot right off the best, that's absolutely the way to go. Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iceisles, post: 132240, member: 13574"] I'm familiar with what Active D-Lighting is designed to do but have found the overwhelming majority of my pictures to be "washed out" when this is enabled. This is easily correctable in Lightroom, etc., but I'm wondering if this should be happening? I've done a fair amount of research on the Active D-Lighting feature and it certainly doesn't seem like a gimmicky function; in fact, many articles show side by side pictures demonstrating the before and after improvement. I thought that perhaps setting a -0.7EV compensation while shooting might offset the washed out look, but so far, it really hasn't My question is, should I not keep this on "Auto", or perhaps even off altogether? If I can get a general idea on how everyone implements Active D-Lighting (of if they don't use it at all), it would definitely be most appreciated. I don't mind making the adjustments in post, but if I can get a perfect shot right off the best, that's absolutely the way to go. Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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