Exposure compensation Canon vs Nikon

[Abitconfused]

Canon seems to use Av an aperture adjustment for exposure composition. Nikon has a +/- button. Does Nikon adjust both aperture and shutter speed for exposure compensation? Isn't this "true" exposure compensation?

[Shadowman]

The adjustment should correspond to whichever mode you are in, shutter or aperture.

[Brownbear]

Hi Ed,

Yes the aperture and/or shutter speed are changed in Aperture, Shutter priority and Program Modes with Nikon cameras using the +/- button.

One thing to note about Nikon cameras that is different is the use of exposure compensation button in manual mode is simply a viewing guideline for you to use to adjust the exposure/metering of your scene. Below is a link explaining its use.

https://support.nikonusa.com/app/ans...in-manual-mode

[AB26]

Hi Ed,

Exposure compensation in both Canon and Nikon is “TRUE”, no matter what it is called or how you get to the desired compensation.

When shooting in Shutter priority the aperture should compensate for exposure and when shooting in Aperture priority the shutter speed should change with EC. In intelligent cameras the ISO will also change when no more shutter or aperture change is possible.

Both Canon and Nikon work on the same basic principle for EC. One is not more “TRUE” than the other. It is the task of the user to understand how the different methods of EC works and how and when to apply. One might be more sensitive than the other but does not mean one is better than the other.

For both Canon and Nikon EC is “TRUE”.

[DanK]

Ed,

"Exposure compensation" simply means letting in either more or less light than the camera would otherwise let in, given the metering mode you have selected. How you do this is up to you and generally depends on what you want the settings to be. For example, people select aperture-priority mode (Av in Canon-speak) when they want to maintain control over aperture, so it wouldn't be sensible for the camera to override that. Instead, it will lengthen the time the shutter is open. The reverse is true when one selects shutter-priority mode. Of course, you can just do it yourself in manual mode. So, As Andre said, it's up to you to decide what you want.

I don't know what either of my cameras do in fully automatic modes, as I never use those modes.

Dan

[dubaiphil]

Now pop a flash on the Nikon or Canon and that confuses things slightly.....

[AB26]

Now pop a flash on the Nikon or Canon and that confuses things slightly.....

Nope! Then you use FEC or ISO.

[Manfred M]

Nope! Then you use FEC or ISO.

I'm with Phil on this one; I tend to shoot a lot of flash on manual as I find I don't generally like what exposure compensation does versus what I want it to do!

[dubaiphil]

And it differs between Canon and Nikon.