Did the exposure change when using DRO+5?
The difference is really incredible, not only did the brightness increase but the colors were brought out as well.
Nope the exposure did not change between the 2 shots.. shot in Manual mode.. the difference is indeed very big.. This was just a very rough test.. but I could not see much "artifacts" in the highlight when pixel-peeping also.. So i would say the DRO function is quite well controlled.. The good thing is a700 lets you choose 5 levels (plus some auto DR).. so can choose the level you are comfortable with... +5 in this case loses some contrast in the sky.. probably cos the shadows were lighter..