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active d lighting/dynamic range optimizer/highlight tone priority Anonymous
active d lighting
dynamic range optimizer
auto lighting optimizer
highlight tone priority

aren't these all built-in HDR facilities?

from what i read, they make shadows less dark and highlights not blown out

dunno if the camera simply lightens/darkens selected areas or does some kind of multiple exposure thing and blends it back, ala dark frame substraction (kind of)
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>> Anonymous
It simply lightens the dark areas of a single frame while leaving everything else intact.


Don't confuse HDR (high dynamic range) imaging and local contrast adjustment. All those fucked up photos on the internet that are called "HDR" are a result of applying local contrast adjustment to a high dynamic range image; but in this case, the adjustment is applied to a normal image.
>> Anonymous
>>204209local contrast adjustment

oh, so that's all it is

i'm sorry, i didn't mean HDR like deviantart HDR but a makeshift way to increase dynamic range