Re: Exposure Compensation

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 20 Feb 98 at 10:41, Ken Schneider wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a question I've wondered about for a while but haven't had the
> nerve to ask.  I'm sure it's a basic question, but I haven't seen it
> discussed anywhere and I've only had a very basic photography class.

If it is not in the IR-FAQ, then ton't be afraid to ask basic things
on this list!....;-))
 
> A lot of things I read for IR suggest starting out using a fixed aperture
> and shutter speed.  This means that if you have a fancy computerized
> camera, you go into fully manual mode.  If you then dial in exposure
> compensation, do you really get that exposure compensation or are your
> manual settings set in stone so that in order to bracket, you have to
> modify your manual setting (e.g., the exposure compensation is being
> ignored because you're in manual mode)?  My guess is that exposure
> compensation does work, but I want to verify it.  If it helps, I have a
> Minolta 700si.  Thanks!

It should not change exposure on any camera.
The most exp. comp. does is changing the *indication* in the
viewfinder(*) of over/underexposure compared to the values you have
just set by hand, but it will *not* change exposure itself.

(*) depends on brand/model whether this is indeed shown, and how it 
is shown. The old Minolta 9000 showed the actual over/under exposure 
in stops (0.5 stop accurate numbers), on my current EOS-1 it shows in 
1/3rd stops on a bar scale (one of the best features of the EOS 
system IMO).


- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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