Do you use Active D-Lighting? Also questions on RAW
First off, Active D-Lighting is only applied to JPEGs right? If not then I have a different problem.
I just came back from a weekend of shooting, JPEG+RAW, and active d-lighting on auto for everything. I'm finding that the JPEG has brighter highlights and darker shadows, making an image not as nice. Although in some cases it seems to be better. Is this Active D-Lighting? Another possible difference is sRGB (JPEGs) vs Adobe RGB (NEF/RAW). I'm trying to understand why there's such a big difference between my JPEG and RAW files, and where the settings come from.
In a way I want to get away from shooting JPEG+RAW and only shoot RAW. I find myself wasting WAY too much time between which image looks better, and making one look like the other (BTW I use iPhoto for adjustments, so I don't do anything too fancy). Is this a bad idea? Would I regret shooting only in RAW?
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