Quote Originally Posted by ShutterbugJohan


One cool thing with the Nikon's* exposure compensation (I wish Canon would do it, too), is that if you set the EC for , say, -2 stops, and then switch to manual mode, the light meter will be biased to underexpose by 2 stops, so if you set the exposure to what the meter dictates, the photo will be underexposed.


*My friend's Nikon D40 does this; I don't know about other Nikons, although I'd assume they are the same.
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You mean it maintains the exposure setting from mode to mode? That's neat (I forgot to check if my 5D2 does so... probably it doesnt)