144iActive D-Lighting preserves details in highlights and shadowsfor natural contrast. Use with high contrast scenes such as abrightly lit outdoor view framed in a door or window or a sub-jects in the shade on a sunny day. It is most effective when usedwith Matrix metering (0 128).Active D-LightingActive D-Lighting: Off Active D-Lighting: Y OnD Active D-LightingNoise (randomly-spaced bright pixels, fog, or lines) may appear in pho-tographs taken with Active D-Lighting. Uneven shading may be visiblewith some subjects.A “Active D-Lighting” Versus “D-Lighting”The Active D-Lighting option in the shooting menu adjusts exposurebefore shooting to optimize the dynamic range, while the D-Lightingoption in the playback menu (0 113) brightens shadows in imagesafter shooting.
