Preserving Detail in Highlights and Shadows
Active D-Lighting
Active D-Lighting 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. It is most effective when used with matrix metering (0 114).
Active D-Lighting off | Active D-Lighting: YAuto |
D“Active D-Lighting” versus “D-Lighting”
The Active D-Lightingoption in the shooting menu adjusts exposure before shooting to optimize the dynamic range, while the D-Lighting
option in the retouch menu (0 388) brightens shadows in images after shooting.