D-lighting

[danir]

Could anyone explain what it is?

Thanks,
Dani.

 

[Alpha]

http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/5900/07/a/07_a_01.shtml?type=qt

It's in-camera editing, which is bad. And the supermarket/porn music in that video didn't help.

 

[Mav]

I use it occasionally for landscape type shooting. It seems to work pretty good at the mild or moderate settings, but can look pretty bad beyond that. I use DxO software for post-processing which does a better job. The Photoshop shadow/highlight filter can do a better job too if you have time to fiddle. The Active D-lighting on the newer Nikons (D300, D3) is supposedly a ton better, so hopefully this will trickle down to future lower end models.