Active D Lighting ?

12 years 8 months ago #133516 by Shive
I just heard of active D lighting, What is it? I know my camera doesn't have it, to play around with it.


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12 years 8 months ago #133526 by effron

Why so serious?
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12 years 8 months ago #133530 by JAGriff
Active D-Lighting is used to prevent loss of detail in highlights and shadows.
It is used for high contrast scenes.
Hope this helps.

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12 years 8 months ago #133562 by Dan13lle
It is a mechanism that Nikon created for the camera to understand dramatic changes in light (strong shadows and highlights) at the same time.


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12 years 8 months ago #133564 by Shive
Thanks everyone, I know understand. Too bad my camera doesn't have active d lighting, sounds like a nice feature.


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12 years 8 months ago #134024 by effron

Shive wrote: Thanks everyone, I know understand. Too bad my camera doesn't have active d lighting, sounds like a nice feature.


I have it in both of my cams, and don't believe I've ever snapped a pic with ADL activated, of course its entirely possible I'm just too lazy to switch it on..........:P

Why so serious?
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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #134830 by Joves
I have it and tried it once and didnt like it. Your D50 will do fine if you take your focus point and divide the light and dark sections with spot metering. I know mine did well that way. You set the meter then recompose on the subject.


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