D90 exposure compensation in manual mode

 · All forums Nikon DX SLR (DD90, DD) Talk Change forum. Exposure Compensation in Manual Mode Started Dec 1, Exposure Compensation in Manual Mode Dec 1, When shooting in Aperture Priority I understand the Exp Comp to be altering the shutter speed. When in Shutter Priority I understand the Exp Comp to alter the Aperture.  · KelvinLi: Got my D90 as a Christmas present and I'm having a lot of fun with it. But the default metering settings are giving me pictures that I find a bit underexposed. I've started keeping my exposure compensation at + or +1 almost all the time. .  · Hotrocks - Not everyone likes the exposure values used by Nikon in their AE system. So Nikon allows for the exposure values used by the D90 to be adjustable. See the D90 users manual, page it's listed under b: Metering/Exposure, b4: Fine Tune Optimal Exposure. The adjustments can be made in 1/6 EV from +1 to

Re: Exposure Compensation / D By default, the D90 uses the Matrix Metering mode. It's very smart, even if your scene has very dark areas combined with well lit areas. It covers the entire viewing area, sees in color, and has pretty good depth perception. I think you'd find that most photographers use this mode 99% of the time. Spot metering is the mode that gives you most control but requires the most work. When doing this make sure you have disabled auto iso as the camera otherwise will change the exposure automatically via iso even if you are in manual mode. Also make sure that you don't have entered any exposure compensation as this will bias the in camera metering. Exposure. In the Indoor test, the Nikon D90's flash underexposed our subject just slightly at its default setting, requiring a + EV exposure compensation adjustment (with a Nikkor mm f/2.

Re: Exposure Compensation / D By default, the D90 uses the Matrix Metering mode. It's very smart, even if your scene has very dark areas combined with well lit areas. It covers the entire viewing area, sees in color, and has pretty good depth perception. I think you'd find that most photographers use this mode 99% of the time. Unless one has Auto ISO turned on, exposure compensation will do absolutely nothing in Manual mode I get what you mean but this is not entirely correct. The camera will in fact shift the “neutral” 0 position of the light meter according to the EV you dialed in. Say the proper exposure for a given scene as judged by the light meter is 1/ Yes, Exposure Compensation does work in Manual mode on Nikon DSLR's. The amount the Exposure Compensation is set to, biases the exposure meter so the set compensation is achieved by zeroing the meter.