D-Lighting off D-Lighting on
When shooting with direct midday sun, it can be difficult to get a flattering image, as shadows will be harsh and can create unwanted dark areas, whether you're shooting portraits or landscapes.
Active D-Lighting for Nikon is able to optimise high contrast images to restore shadowy areas and highlight details that can be lost when strong lighting increases the contrast between bright and dark areas.
Active D-Lighting is exclusively able to automatically readjust midtone contrast, making the overall image look more natural.
When active D-Lighting is chosen on a Nikon DSLR, the camera's matrix meter identifies the amount of contrast in the scene. It is then able to process the final picture with an appropriate amount of compensation to lighten the shadows in the scene.
Active D-Lighting can be set to operate at four different levels; low, normal, high and extra high, and the feature can be set to operate manually or automatically. Then images above were taken with the Nikon D5300.
Support this site by making a Donation, purchasing Plus Membership, or shopping with one of our affiliates: Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon CA, ebay UK, MPB. It doesn't cost you anything extra when you use these links, but it does support the site, helping keep ePHOTOzine free to use, thank you.
-
Report Error / Abuse
4 Jan 2014 6:54AM-
Report Error / Abuse
6 Jan 2014 4:13PMI think it does have an effect, but there is a forum topic on the subject here: https://www.ephotozine.com/forums/topic/d-lighting-pros-and-cons--97185
Hopefully this can help you.
You must be a member to leave a comment.
ePHOTOzine, the web's friendliest photography community.
Join for free
Upload photos, chat with photographers, win prizes and much more.
ADVERTISEMENT