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How Does Exposure Compensation Actually Work? | Ask David Bergman

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Today's question from Jeff S. -- “How does exposure compensation actually work? Does it just change shutter speed, aperture, or ISO? If so, how does it decide which setting or settings to change?”

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20 Comments

@carlstawicki1915 5 years ago

I couldn't make it past the 3rd ding.

@storiesbyad 5 years ago

Count of " " was so irritating to me....

@BabyBoomerChannel 5 years ago

ADB should have his own channel. He’s concise, knowledgeable and awesome.

@vuducmanhvlog 3 years ago

A big thumb up to you David. Even I don’t natively speak English and have very little knowledge about photography, I understood the lesson easily

@KAR120C69 5 years ago

Was just shooting a football game 3 days ago. Was talking with a student photographer on sidelines about this very subject & few more items. Told her last year to watch videos on this channel for tips which she says she does.
During game was discussing how metering works in cameras & for her to take control of exposure for how she wants her images to look & not let camera decide always. Hope she watches this video because she will have to laugh since we just talked about this subject... great timing David 👍
If she (Fe......) sees this... Like I told you great tips here... hope to see you again for playoff games.
And again the timing couldn't have been better for this video, lol ✌️

@sutv6754 5 years ago

Excellent lesson David. You covered all the bases and answered all the questions. Not frustrating at all like many videos I watch. Thank You.

@AllgoodthingsTv 5 years ago

Thank you for stating what I've always known but couldn't articulate, which is that if you shoot manually exposure compensation has no value lol. You simply adjust your aperture or shutter speed accordingly (e.g., based on light meter readings or, better yet, what you see on the LCD).

@adventuresofjandk 5 years ago

Fantastic lesson. It’s always been confusing part of photography but not anymore. Thank you.

@marzvrover 3 years ago (edited)

for street photography I find “full manual” but bracketed auto ISO to be the best for me. Exposure comp is a very quick way to control the ISO during select compositions

@MrCeloB 5 years ago

Ni video David. On my Sony A7RII, when I use aperture priority, I also set the min and max range for ISO and min shutter speed, so I know that the camera won't go any lower than, for example, 1/160th or 1/250th sec. Works pretty well.

@mlaygan4703 5 years ago

that ding lost it's appeal real fast.

but otherwise, super handy video!

@greenmedic88 5 years ago

And this answers why I never use exposure compensation: I'm always shooting in manual mode. But, it's still pretty useful for shooting in shutter priority or aperture priority when the internal reflective meter isn't metering the point of focus.

If using auto ISO, exposure comp is useful for manually pushing the gain average up or down.

@surgio818 5 years ago

Best explanation - the way I see it then is you could use Exp Comp to selectively make the blacks less grey or make the whites whiter in your shot if the camera tries to neutralize everything to a neutral medium grey

@MindYaBizz_Whiz 5 years ago

I WAS JUST THINKING I NEED TO FIND A VIDEO ON WHAT EX COMP MEANS. Great video!!!

@brendonevans1268 5 years ago

Please stop the dinging. It got in the way of the message.

@mahdishafi566 5 years ago

Thank you David..you are as always the cream of the cream..wishing you all the best.

@JoshyDaMan08 5 years ago (edited)

Make a sense... Excellent tutorial... I needs to work on that features but I hasn't messing with it for years. Hand gestures are fine without sound effects like air quote. Notification pinging in my ears was unnecessarily but can be heard someone else notification goes off in the background. Nice work, David. Rock star photography (maybe). 🤘🏻 📷 📸