Optima Batteries P90 manual Active D-Lighting, Rotate the mode dial to A, B, Cor D

Active D-Lighting

“Active D-Lighting” preserves details in highlights and shadows, creating photographs with natural contrast. The image taken will reproduce the contrast effect that is seen with the naked eye. This is particularly effective for shooting brightly lit outdoor scenery from darker indoors or taking pictures of shaded subjects at a sunny seaside. This feature can be selected in shooting modes A, B, C, D, E, and F.

1 Rotate the mode dial to A, B, Cor D.

• Can be set even if Eor Fis selected.

2Press the dbutton to display the shooting menu, choose Active D-

Lighting with the multi selector and press the kbutton.

•Choose the A, B, C, D, E or F tab when the shooting menu is not displayed (A13).

Shooting menu

Distortion control

Active D-Lighting

Save user settings

Reset user settings

Shoot pictures using A, B, C

3Choose the amount of enhancement and press the kbutton.

•At settings other than Off, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (A8).

BActive D-Lighting

Active D-Lighting High

Normal

Low

Off

, D, Eand F

•Additional time is required to record images when shooting using Active D-Lighting.

•When Active D-Lighting is selected, exposure will be reduced in comparison to shooting without selecting Active D-Lighting. Adjustments will be made to highlighted areas, underexposed areas and mid-tones so that brightness of gradations will become appropriate.

•The setting for Metering (A117) will change to Matrix when shooting with Active D-Lighting.

•The Contrast setting for the optimize image options Custom (A112) and Black-and-white (A113) ➝ Custom will be changed to Auto.

•If the ISO sensitivity (A116) is set to High ISO sensitivity auto or to 1600 and above , the setting for Active D-Lighting will change to Off.

BActive D-Lighting Versus D-Lighting

The Active D-Lightingoption in the shooting menu adjusts exposure before shooting to optimize the dynamic range. The D-Lighting(A76) option in the playback menu optimizes dynamic range in images after shooting.

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