(Aaarrrg! Fat fingered the keyboard and sent this before I was through!) You can almost always do better by setting the levels manually unless you are working with a perfectly exposed picture (and I almost never get one of those when I'm out taking pictures!). Bringing the two outside triangles in towards the center increases contrast and the center triangle sets the white point. BTW, don't overlook using the curves to set your levels instead! It takes a little getting used to, but you can do some amazing things with it. -Jim