is it just me or does the active D lighting, when set on HIGH on my D300 make the shadows very noisy? It it because it (and I'm also wondering how it works):
a- uses a relatively higher ISO to bring out the detail in the shadow areas? (for example, shadows ISO 200 and highlights ISO 100?)
OR
b- everything at ISO 200 and then reduce highlights/midtones in-camera only in order to bring out the shadows?
c- does it AFTER the picture has been taken? (but then again this is the D-lighting feature and not the active D-lighting)
So i should naturally assume that since i'm getting MORE noise anyway, might as well do the same when post processing so I have more control, right?
And IF i use active D-lighting, I should start with a very low ISO, such as ISO LO or ISO 200 to avoid noise issues?
Abit gundu here...I can only relate this to what I would do to adjust the picture levels during PP..haha