What exactly does DRO do, and how does it work? My Sony Alpha 77 has a DRO mode, which is on by default and I have been using it most of the time I understand that it aims to improve dynamic range much like HDR, without actually needing multiple exposures, but what does it do exactly as in how does it work, and am I losing anything if I keep it on and shoot in raw?
camera settings - Photography Stack Exchange I have DRO turned on, and it gives me 3 slightly different photos of the same thing Now what? Manually decide which is best? Recombine them into a single better photo? How? Something else End G
Why Picture Profile disables Cont Single Bracket Drive Modes The picture profiles are intended for recording video; it would be very odd to bracket frames in the middle of a video So while you can use the picture profiles for still images; it's assumed the camera will be being used for video at least some of the time, and those modes are disabled A raw file does not use a gamma profile perse A gamma curve is applied during the demosaicing (display
troubleshooting - How do I troubleshoot the Error, press shutter . . . Just to add from recent experience on a Nikon D40x that after 4-5 years of good work started showing the message "Error, press shutter release button again" (or similar) I followed advice on the net to remove the bottom cap, oil the wheels and 'unblock' the shutter release motor It worked but for a very limited number of takes Did it again, worked, got stuck again, to the point we were
I got confused - Photography Stack Exchange What are the main differences between these: HDR ( High Dynamic Range ) ADL (Active D-Lighting ) Multiple exposure Automatic Bracketing ( AE, White Balance, Active D-Lighting ) They look pretty sim
How does iDynamic on Panasonic G Micro Four Thirds cameras work? Almost all these systems work in a similar way, be it iDynamic (Panasonic), DRO (Sony), Adaptive D-Lighting (Nikon), HTP (Canon), etc What they do is adjust the exposure so that to capture more details in the highlights
Do professionals use auto mode? - Photography Stack Exchange DRO is auto with a vengeance - complex signal processing is applied variably as required across the frame - that's "auto" The A77 (and later Sony APSC cameras) also allow in-camera 3 frame HDR — that's also auto
How can I get a good HDR image from a single RAW file? I'm not familiar with Sony's DRO Are you sure that it will influence the RAW files (i e , irreversibly modify the "RAW" content before being written to memory), or just that the information settings are stored in the RAW file, and can be applied if using a Sony DRO-aware post-processing application
image quality - Photography Stack Exchange Every RAW editing software processes images a little differently which can affect sharpness and color, including the Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) effect and: RAW images converted to JPEG format with the Image Data Converter SR software look noisy