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Questions tagged [exposure-compensation]

Questions relating to the use of exposure compensation

Exposure compensation allows a photographer to request the the camera meter based on the specified compensation factor; This allows for a dark scene to be metered as dark, and a bright scene metered as bright, rather than both being metered for a mid tone.

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Does the Exposure Slider in Adobe Camera Raw Have Same Effect as in camera Exposure Compensation?

My assumption is that the Exposure slider in ACR does NOT have the same effect as using in-camera Exposure Compensation. Am I correct? Background: I shoot in raw. In either Aperture priority or Shutter priority, if I chimp and see that the shot is…
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How to adjust exposure compensation with Nikon DSLR in low light condition?

I am using Nikon D5000. Struggle to achieve correct exposure in low light or night portraiture. I tried to adjust exposure compensation manually in aperture mode,but could not get good result. Can anyone suggest an ideal mode for night or low light…
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RAW files and In-Camera Exposure Compensation

If shooting a RAW file in manual mode (on Nikon), whereby aperture, ISO, and exposure time are all manually configured, how would adjusting exposure compensation affect my RAW file? It seems as if exposure compensation really is just a…
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