[MENTION=13090]Horoscope Fish[/MENTION] any idea on this?
We're discussing the "Auto"
setting in the "Active D-Lighting"
menu, yes? I'm going to assume we are... Well at the risk of stating the obvious, Active D-Lighting reduces exposure to help prevent Highlight clipping but also lifts Shadows and Midtones to help achieve a more balanced, more pleasing overall exposure. So... If I shot JPG exclusively I would enable AD-L, set it to "Auto" and get on with life because AD-L seems to do a pretty decent job overall based on my experience with it which, admittedly, is not what I would call all that extensive.
However, since AD-L affects how the camera meters,
even when shooting raw, and because I shoot in raw 99% of the time, I have AD-L turned off.