Thanx, Donald. They seem well exposed to me. What's the problem? I've looked around some for information on the actual dynamic range of CCD or CMOS sensors. It is surprisingly difficult to find. As near as I can tell, CCD sensors have about one to two stops LESS dynamic range than B&W film. The RAW mode just retains the full resolution of the A/D converter, and doesn't clip off (as much) of the highlights and shadows. [Which is a good thing, as you've shown here.] Is there a histogram mode on the camera; where you could shoot in RAW, adjust levels in the camera, then convert to un-RAW? Still, memory is cheap. Better to not throw away any information prematurely. Still, at 2.5 stops under I'm surprised you are not running up against the noise floor of the CCD sensor?