d300

Arvind suggested [in the comments] I try Active D-Lighting for high contrast scenes with the D300.

Yes, it makes a huge difference.

First, the photo edited through LR with the default settings:

Edited through lightroom:

The same photo edited through Capture NX with default settings:

Edited through Capture NX.

Capture NX and D300 handle high contrast scenes very very well with Active D-Lighting set to on.

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