IMO no. There have been a few people to say otherwise but, see for yourself. Shoot RAW+JPEG and compare. If you use NX2 to edit maybe? But LR doesn't show any effect from Active D.
If you edit in Nikon CNX2, it will apply your in-camera settings, but open it in Adobe LR2 and all you get is the raw image with no active d-lighting, color profiles, etc.
Nikon D300 l Nikon SB-600 l Nikon MC-30 Remote l Nikon AF-S 24-85mm 1:3.5-4.5G IF-ED l Nikon 50mm f/1.8 AF-D lSigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSMlQuantaray Pro U-100 backpack by Naneu Pro l Quantaray QSX 9500 Tripod by Sunpak Canon AE-1 ProgramlFD 28mm 1:2.8lFD 50mm 1:1.8lSunpak Auto 821 Dedicated
...what I had thought, all of the settings in the shooting menu having to do with picture quality have no effect on RAW files, apparently...interesting, I went to the retouch menu and messed with a RAW file and it created a fine quality jpeg (had the camera since it came out and have *never* done anything in that menu..lol). Now, color space seems to lock-in across the file gamut...
If you edit in Nikon CNX2, it will apply your in-camera settings, but open it in Adobe LR2 and all you get is the raw image with no active d-lighting, color profiles, etc.
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Canon AE-1 Program l FD 28mm 1:2.8 l FD 50mm 1:1.8 l Sunpak Auto 821 Dedicated
...what I had thought, all of the settings in the shooting menu having to do with picture quality have no effect on RAW files, apparently...interesting, I went to the retouch menu and messed with a RAW file and it created a fine quality jpeg (had the camera since it came out and have *never* done anything in that menu..lol). Now, color space seems to lock-in across the file gamut...
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And work it does! In some conditions it has a big effect in balancing highlights.
This is why I need to try a demo of NX2.