Nikon Camera Tutorials: Active D-Lighting

See my photographs at http://www.momentsofnaturephotography.com. This video is a detailed review of what Active D-Lighting is and what it does to photographs. The equipment used in this film are the nikon d3.

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Science & Technology

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• nikon
• photography tutorial
• photography
• nikon lens
• lens
• nikon 14-24mm
• nikon d3
• active d-lighting
• camera

[MrVideoVortex]

Hi i have one question

i was wondering how do you turn off the "d lighting mode" on my d 7000 nikon

or how to get out of it.

Thanks alot.

[QQQQcon]

@MrVideoVortex go into the shooting menu and find active d-lightning

[sbrener]

Does this work in RAW as well as JPG? Or, is it just effective in JPEG shots?  Thanks

[QQQQcon]

@sbrener only in jpeg

[sbrener]

I've recently seem some postings that Active D-Lighting also impacts RAW in that it can effect the exposure time. That is, I have heard that it might underexpose to keep highlights from blowing out. The higher the setting for ADL, the more it tends to underexpose. I am not sure if this is really true, but Thom Hogan and others claims it is.

[QQQQcon]

@PeiperJ2 people who dont post process and shoot jpeg, like me. I dont like post processing and prefer to get the images straight from my camera so sometimes using active d-lighting is useful.

[QQQQcon]

@PeiperJ2 I dont think so

[QQQQcon]

@govintagenet no I wouldnt do that, there is not much contrast indoors so you dont need active d lighting

[govintagenet]

Is it something you would use for inside photos, like still-life images of say things displayed on a shelf or tabletop?

[larkolena]

wow! thanks! got a d700 and shoot little league baseball, sometimes in broad sun. going to try this and see how the harsh shadows improve. can't wait to try it! keep posting videos and i'll keep watching and learning! :D

[Recon9143]

Is your site MONP a smugmug website?

[SLRist]

You're not getting anything from Active-D lighting that you couldn't get by playing with levels in post, assuming you shoot RAW. It does drop the exposure very slightly to preserve highlights, but apart from that, only really worth using if you shoot JPG. To keep the Active-D settings when used with RAW, you need to be using Nikon software, which is a pain if you prefer Lightroom (and who doesn't?)

[QQQQcon]

@Sinwori because about 6 months ago the d700 was only 300 dollars cheaper than the d3 and the d3 is noticeably faster for wildlife which i take pics of just as much as landscapes. if I were just taking pics of landscapes i would have just bought the d700.

[QQQQcon]

@AuliaHarun it works pretty well but if you know what you are doing then you should set it yourself

[Sinwori]

why did you buy the old d3 for 3000 bucks? the d700 is basically the same camera, but it's cheaper, lighter, smaller and has some really useful features for landscape photography the d3 doesn't have.

[AuliaHarun]

Conor, do you happen to know if the Auto setting on the Active D-Lighting works good? Or am I better off manually selecting a setting suitable for the conditions? Thanks for the great tutorial.

[thhall459]

Thank you for your neat little tutorials. Would you please do one on bracketing?

[chriselpuma]

Awesome thanks for the tutorial

[nate42nd]

Good video. I wonder if Canon's Highlight tone priority" works as well.....I will do some tests like this to find out. Thanks. Have a good night.