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<blockquote data-quote="blackstar" data-source="post: 721337" data-attributes="member: 47518">Thanks, Cindy.I'll try that next time. For the experiment, I shot fine RAW &amp; jpg in M mode. I still don't quite understand how &quot;Active D Lighting&quot; works with any shot and makes any effects (like broke)? From the Manual, it states: Active D-Lighting preserves details in&nbsp; highlights and shadows, creating photographs with natural contrast. Use&nbsp; for high contrast scenes, for example when photographing brightly lit&nbsp; outdoor scenery through a door or window or taking pictures of shaded&nbsp; subjects on a sunny day. Active D-Lighting is not recommended in mode M; in other modes, it is most effective when used with L (Matrix metering; 0 Metering). And there's the remark: &quot;With some subjects, you may notice uneven shading, shadows around bright objects, or halos around dark objects.&quot;&nbsp; It is not clear this remark statement refer to when ADL is on or off. I suppose it's for ADL on and that the light reflections in my experimental images are the &quot;halos&quot; effect of ADL? My main thought on the experimental shots is: considering the iso and speed I set, although higher iso and lower speed make the whole sky brighter (first image), stars are also brighter and sharper (if look carefully). I think the point is it's the right setting for the faraway stars and it can be post-processed to make the sky darker if desired.I am still puzzled and not sure how a nature new moon showed up as a bright star in the images? Maybe too high iso? I think I had tried my best on focusing. Any one?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="blackstar, post: 721337, member: 47518"] Thanks, Cindy. I'll try that next time. For the experiment, I shot fine RAW & jpg in M mode. I still don't quite understand how "Active D Lighting" works with any shot and makes any effects (like broke)? From the Manual, it states: [I]Active[/I] [I]D[/I]-[I]Lighting[/I] preserves details in highlights and shadows, creating photographs with natural contrast. Use for high contrast scenes, for example when photographing brightly lit outdoor scenery through a door or window or taking pictures of shaded subjects on a sunny day. [I]Active[/I] [I]D[/I]-[I]Lighting[/I] is not recommended in mode M; in other modes, it is most effective when used with L (Matrix metering; 0 Metering). And there's the remark: "With some subjects, you may notice uneven shading, shadows around bright objects, or halos around dark objects." It is not clear this remark statement refer to when ADL is on or off. I suppose it's for ADL on and that the light reflections in my experimental images are the "halos" effect of ADL? My main thought on the experimental shots is: considering the iso and speed I set, although higher iso and lower speed make the whole sky brighter (first image), stars are also brighter and sharper (if look carefully). I think the point is it's the right setting for the faraway stars and it can be post-processed to make the sky darker if desired. I am still puzzled and not sure how a nature new moon showed up as a bright star in the images? Maybe too high iso? I think I had tried my best on focusing. Any one? [/QUOTE]

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