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11/11/2005 12:18:48 AM · #1 |
| Alright, I've read the manual front to back, and maybe I'm blind, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to adjust the exposure compensation in Manual mode! In the manual, it says turn the dial to any Creative Zone mode other than , but shouldn't there be a way to adjust exposure compensation in manual mode? Or am I just dumb? |
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11/11/2005 12:19:46 AM · #2 |
| I don't think you can?? I know on mine if I'm in manual mode I can not control it! |
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11/11/2005 12:22:21 AM · #3 |
| Dang, I can adjust the exposure bracketing, but that seems like a waste of space on the CF Card, and a waste of time for someone as impatient as me! What do you do to work around it? |
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11/11/2005 12:23:02 AM · #4 |
There is no point to doing so.
In the other modes the camera's brains decides on what is a correct exposure. Compensation lets you overide it's ideas a couple of stops, for like snow scenes or back lit shots where the camera is fooled but eh odd conditions.
In manual, YOU are the brains and have total control over the adjustment, good or bad.
Now then, when (and if) you get an external flash and want to play with flash exposure compensation, you'll load in the 'hack' firmware and be beyond the manual's knowledge. But that's next weeks lesson!
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11/11/2005 12:23:07 AM · #5 |
Interesting read for new 300D Rebel owners. Not sure if it would help.
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11/11/2005 12:27:08 AM · #6 |
You can not adjust it....It is impossible for any camera
In m mode, you are adjusting the Aperature and Shutter speed and this will give you the exposure. If it is wrong, it will be to light or to dark giving you underexposed or overexposed picture....exactly what the exposure comp does. In full manual mode there can not be an exposure compinsation.... You are the exposure comp!
Message edited by author 2005-11-11 00:28:27. |
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11/11/2005 12:28:15 AM · #7 |
faidoi, already got it and read it cover to cover. :-) I picked it up in a Barnes and Noble in Destin, Florida, and it's been of immense help.
And Prof Fate, are you saying there is no point in using the AEB or adjusting exposure compensation? |
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11/11/2005 12:31:57 AM · #8 |
the exposure of the picture will be the
Apature and shutter= brightness
If you bump up to +1.0 EV then you will decrease the Apature or Shutter to let in more light.
If you are in Apature mode, the cam will decrease shutter for you
If you are in Shutter priority, the cam will open the apature for you
if you are in Manual mode *YOU ARE ADJUSTING BOTH* camera watches you! |
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11/11/2005 12:32:02 AM · #9 |
Derf, thanks for the info, that's what I was looking for. Guess I answered my own rhetorical question. :)
Message edited by author 2005-11-11 00:35:32. |
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11/11/2005 12:40:33 AM · #10 |
When you look through the viewfinder in Manual mode you'll see an "exposure bar"; it's precisely analogous to the over/under bar in exposure compensation. When you have the pointer centered in this exposure bar, you're giving the "standard" exposure that auto would select. If you want to go under, move the pointer to the left by stopping down to a smaller aperture or by using a shorter shutter speed.
Robt. |
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11/11/2005 12:44:25 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by MyeReadBik:
faidoi, already got it and read it cover to cover. :-) I picked it up in a Barnes and Noble in Destin, Florida, and it's been of immense help.
And Prof Fate, are you saying there is no point in using the AEB or adjusting exposure compensation? |
There is no exposure comp in M mode. In the other Creative modes you can do it, and I often do. I have my camera set to show the INFO screen after every shot - with it you get the Histogram and can tell right quick if the shot is OK, too dark or blown out.
AEB- as in bracketing. I don't ever use this. I take a shot and see the hitstogram and either take another shot or make an exposure adjustment and take another shot.
Like this shot  . The camera will see that snow and figure a bright scene and set teh exposure accordingly - problem is, the snow will come out too dark, almost gray, and everything else will be way too dark. So you can use exposure compensation (you need more light, so a + setting is what you want) to make the pic show what you actually are seeing.
 is another time the camera may not see what you are seeing.
Even in M mode, the meter will be what the camera thinks is correct. With flash i shoot M mode all the time - the meter is reading well off the bottom of the scale - you have to take a shot with the flash, and then check the histogram to see if the exposure is right or not. SO the meter is only a guide, not an absolute.
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11/11/2005 12:47:27 AM · #12 |
| Yeah, I don't think I've ever used the bracketing with my camera! The only time I shoot in manual is when I'm using studio lights! It's either P, TV or AV most of the other time, in which case I do use my exposure comp. I also use the hack and tend to use FEC when firing with my 420ex! |
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