Are users leaving their ec setting @ 0 for normal usage or are they finding they have made a minut adjustment either + or - to their setting?

Michael

on zero for me, I wonder what situations would require exposure compensation?

Change it all the time. Prototypical example is heavily backlit subject.

I do notice in general with my K-5 In Lightroom I need to add 0.12 exposure to not all but many images, I will need to check this out further with the K-3, thing is if 1/3rd stop increments are all is available then that would be too much, with the advent of digital it is a wonder we don't have any amount of compensation to add only 0.12 if needed, a bit like in lightroom but in camera.

I´am usually shooting in A mode and EC settings -0,7 for my Pentax SMC 31mm ltd lens and - 1,0 for old 28mm ...

Only rarely since I shoot raw format. Birding with a grey sky is probably the only situation where I default to +1. I find myself adding a bit to the exposure in lightroom for most of my keeper images - but I prefer having to do that rather than lose details in the highlights.

Downward adjustment is VERY rare for me. I can't think of much else than the occasional moon shot where I go below 0.

yes good point, I try to preserve highlights, cheers thanks

For flash photography I play with - (minus) flash compensation most of the time, somewhere between -0.7 and -3.0


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I normally keep it to zero. However , in extreme light conditions, I set different exposure parameters

I keep it on -1 for exposure; i feel that gives me the best exposure, and I can always adjust in post.

for flash? basically that sounds like fill flash, balance out the light

I'm usually down a 3rd of a stop of compensation to protect highlights, as I use center exposure (not spot). But I will occasionally need to bring it down 1 or 2 stops if something in the frame is too bright. I also shoot raw, so it is not difficult to bring up the exposure later, if need be.

yes me too, much the same