Sony DSC-W80/W Sony® Guide to Digital Photography (Spring 2007) - Page 5

DSC-T100 Out of the shadows The interplay of highlights and shadows is the soul of photography. Now Sony helps you make the most of it. Professional photographers carefully avoid exposure mistakes like "blown out" highlights and "crushed" shadow detail. But sometimes, back-lighting, intense highlights and other tricky situations make these problems hard to avoid. Until now. A Sony function called Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) preserves highlight and shadow detail, for beautifully exposed images that are far less like snapshots, far more like what the human eye actually sees. DRO is a bit of digital wizardry made possible by Sony's exclusive BIONZ™ processor. Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. Shutter 1/80 sec. Aperture f5.6. Flash Off. ISO 200. DYNAMIC RANGE OPTIMIZER (DRO) The unprocessed picture (left) is marred by lost detail in both the highlights and shadows. The improvement with Sony's DRO (right) is plain to see. (Sample photos for illustration purposes.) See page 41 for details or visit www.sony.com/dsctraining. Monitor picture simulated. Without Dynamic Range Optimizer With Dynamic Range Optimizer 7