I may not be your typical A77 owner, I bought this camera to capture what ever life throws at me and my family. About 25% of my shooting is done in a controlled environment, the rest is just me and my camera taking photos. I have found that, when I am out and about, so long as there is good lighting, I will leave DRO turned on to either level 3 or 4. This is largely because I find I have a much higher hit rate of good photos with it turned on. There are times when it doesn't turn out and noise is an issue, but that is why I shoot in RAW + JPG. I have the DROed JPG and an untouched RAW for when that doesn't work.
I cant be the only one who leaves DRO turned on. It has saved more than a handful of photos.
Take this photo for example. My subjects are on a ride in a shadow, yet DRO manage to retain the detail, turning it into a great shot.
Here is another great example, once again my subjects are in an area without ideal lighting, yet DRO manages to even the scene while retaining detail.
While I will typically turn DRO off in low light/high ISO, I still feel like it did a very good job at providing me with a usable photo.
In my opinion the only people DRO isn't good for are the Pixel peepers, everyone else should enjoy this wonderful feature. I have never had a higher photo "hit rate".
I cant be the only one who leaves DRO turned on. It has saved more than a handful of photos.
Take this photo for example. My subjects are on a ride in a shadow, yet DRO manage to retain the detail, turning it into a great shot.
Here is another great example, once again my subjects are in an area without ideal lighting, yet DRO manages to even the scene while retaining detail.
While I will typically turn DRO off in low light/high ISO, I still feel like it did a very good job at providing me with a usable photo.
In my opinion the only people DRO isn't good for are the Pixel peepers, everyone else should enjoy this wonderful feature. I have never had a higher photo "hit rate".
