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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 138235" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>In Manual mode you would.  In Aperture or Shutter Priority the camera is setting at  least one of the other exposure elements based on the metering.  In some lighting situations that could result in the over or under exposure of what you want.  For example, shooting something like birds in flight, a bright or dark sky can cause the bird you want to capture to be blown out or overly dark, so adjusting the exposure compensation means that you'll get the details where you need them.  More times than not you can do this adjustment on a RAW file in post-processing, but when you're still shooting it's nice to be able to know that you got the details you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>