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One caveat why I *dont* like this feature on my D4 or D800... and for folks with neither camera, this isn't a widely advertised item...
You have to be in JPEG mode to do this. You can't even pick HDR in the menu if you are in RAW mode. It's effectively the same as the in-camera editing stuff where once you edit it, it writes out a JPEG except it forgos the RAW altogether.
Press button. Camera takes two JPEGs. Camera combines them for HDR and outputs a single file. [you dont get the two frames it captures, it keeps them in buffer than tosses them, you just get final output file]
Useful? Maybe. It's not a replacement at all for just shooting bracketed RAW and doing it yourself.
I will say it generally looks fairly natural and uses fairly neutral settings. You can still get halos depending on the set you do and smoothing chosen.
If you absolutely have to do an HDR in the field with no option of post processing for god-knows what reason... then this is a useful feature. If you really suck at making HDR photos that dont look insanely surreal this is also an option as the limited options generally push you towards a "decent" final output.
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