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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 156644" data-attributes="member: 13196">Rick, I have a D90 and a D600. The ADR is Nikon's Active D-Lighting (Adaptive Dynamic Range) which has several settings. I use this for jpegs when shooting theater productions because the lighting is always changing. Otherwise, without it, I would sometimes get overblown highlights or have some people in the shadows go really dark (and trying to lighten those areas at high ISOs also adds noise). ADR shows more detail in the areas that would normally be high contrast, and since I use a high ISO, I have much less editing for lighting when it's in use. It allows more detail to show up overall even when the stage has a lot of dark areas.I haven't shot RAW yet and am wondering how the high contrast areas show up compared to shooting jpegs with the Active D-Lighting turned on. I know HDR is supposed to be for high contrast scenes, but if contrast isn't a setting when shooting RAW, then I guess my question should be geared more towards those who shoot jpegs for HDR.edit: for clarification, I wouldn't use HDR for theater photos. I'm just wondering how the contrast is set for those who shoot jpegs. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 156644, member: 13196"] Rick, I have a D90 and a D600. The ADR is Nikon's Active D-Lighting (Adaptive Dynamic Range) which has several settings. I use this for jpegs when shooting theater productions because the lighting is always changing. Otherwise, without it, I would sometimes get overblown highlights or have some people in the shadows go really dark (and trying to lighten those areas at high ISOs also adds noise). ADR shows more detail in the areas that would normally be high contrast, and since I use a high ISO, I have much less editing for lighting when it's in use. It allows more detail to show up overall even when the stage has a lot of dark areas. I haven't shot RAW yet and am wondering how the high contrast areas show up compared to shooting jpegs with the Active D-Lighting turned on. I know HDR is supposed to be for high contrast scenes, but if contrast isn't a setting when shooting RAW, then I guess my question should be geared more towards those who shoot jpegs for HDR. edit: for clarification, I wouldn't use HDR for theater photos. I'm just wondering how the contrast is set for those who shoot jpegs. :) [/QUOTE]

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