Comments on: What Is Exposure Compensation on Your Camera and How To Use It Properly

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:38:15 +0000

In reply to David Lee. @disqus_EjQIaighur:disqus next guess - what metering mode are you using??

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:37:45 +0000

In reply to David Lee. @disqus_EjQIaighur:disqus not that I know of sorry. But I don't shoot Nikon

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:20:28 +0000

Hehe Looks great!

By: David Lee

David Lee — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:20:05 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. I set Number of shots 0 in BLK menu. Is there any other way to disable it in Nikon? I use the aperture priority mode most of time.

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 23:41:51 +0000

In reply to David Lee. @disqus_EjQIaighur:disqus hmmm are you 100% sure auto bracketing is not on? That sure sounds like bracketing is the issue. What shooting mode are you using?

By: David Lee

David Lee — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:17:55 +0000

Hi Darlene, I have a question about your side note – “As a side note, if your exposures seem erratic, some are too dark, some perfect, and some too dark – check that you do not have AEB (auto exposure bracketing) turned on. That’s another common issue I have seen occur!”.
I am encountering exactly same errors – Even though I set exposure compensation only +0.3, all of sudden the last picture was taken with +3.0 or -3.0. I didn’t enable AEB (by Number of shots to 0 in BKT menu – I am using Nikon D750). Is there any other potential culprit for the problem?

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:49:29 +0000

In reply to Stefanos Tsiminis. @stefanostsiminis:disqus LOL I am NOT eating my hat! But I wear many hats: a Lightroom one, a Photoshop one, a Luminar Neo one, Fuji one, cat mom hat!

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:48:36 +0000

In reply to Mandy. @disqus_yVKsgTnKFs:disqus aha good tip!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 09:52:44 +0000

Hi Darlene, interesting article. I use exposure compensation a lot and hate how I forget to reset it!

“It is very important that you understand this is not a one-shot setting and it goes back to zero. exposure compensation does NOT reset itself after you take an image.”

I’m forever taking a bunch of under-exposed shots then having to re-shoot because I left the exposure compensation at -1. A handy little tip for all those like me is to note that the exposure meter does not normally appear in the viewfinder in shutter or aperture priority modes – simply because there is normally no need to see it! If it is present, other than in manual mode, it is telling you that you have exposure compensation set. Take heed of it!

I shoot Nikon, so this may not apply to other brands.

By: Stefanos Tsiminis

Stefanos Tsiminis — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:52:26 +0000

Darlene, Your information is very valuable as always. I shoot photos for about fifty five years now, OMG, (not a professional), but every time I read your articles, i feel that I am wiser and more skillfull. You are a teacher for me, even if I am a lot older than you and I look at your site from the time you were signed as “Her View Photography”. So Thank you!

P.S. By the way, what kind of a hat do you wear?