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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 387405" data-attributes="member: 12496">Sorry, but I think you are not understanding yet.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Exposure compensation cannot reach out and change the aperture or shutter that you set.&nbsp; Manual means manual, what you set.So Yes, the two resulting manual exposures will use the same settings and will look the same.However, Exposure compensation still absolutely does change the light meter you see in the viewfinder or top LCD of the camera.&nbsp; Each little tick mark there is 1/3 stop. Manual settings do not use that light meter, manual is what you set instead.&nbsp;&nbsp; The light meter reads the light, and the manual camera settings determine the exposure you use. You can tweak the manual settings, adjusting them to zero the meter manually, which is what camera A, S, P modes do automatically.&nbsp; Compensation will affect the meter, and therefore their final result.Or, if Auto ISO is on, ISO will tweak your manual exposure result automatically (automated exposure), but it cannot reach out and change your manual settings.&nbsp;&nbsp; If a sports photographer is dead certain he must use 1/500 second /f5.6, he can do it in Manual, and then Auto ISO makes the exposure correct (if it has range to do it).&nbsp;&nbsp; Likewise,&nbsp; TTL flash is still automatic flash in camera Manual mode.D3300 reference manual, page 118:In Manual mode M, Exposure Compensation affects only the exposure indicator (the visible meter).&nbsp; This is just how it is, and has always been.&nbsp;&nbsp; Manual is Manual, but Manual does not use the meter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 387405, member: 12496"] Sorry, but I think you are not understanding yet. :) Exposure compensation cannot reach out and change the aperture or shutter that you set. Manual means manual, what you set. So Yes, the two resulting manual exposures will use the same settings and will look the same. However, Exposure compensation still absolutely does change the light meter you see in the viewfinder or top LCD of the camera. Each little tick mark there is 1/3 stop. [B] Manual settings do not use that light meter[/B], manual is what you set instead. The light meter reads the light, and the manual camera settings determine the exposure you use. You can tweak the manual settings, adjusting them to zero the meter manually, which is what camera A, S, P modes do automatically. Compensation will affect the meter, and therefore their final result. Or, if Auto ISO is on, ISO will tweak your manual exposure result automatically (automated exposure), but it cannot reach out and change your manual settings. If a sports photographer is dead certain he must use 1/500 second /f5.6, he can do it in Manual, and then Auto ISO makes the exposure correct (if it has range to do it). Likewise, TTL flash is still automatic flash in camera Manual mode. D3300 reference manual, page 118: In Manual mode M, Exposure Compensation affects only the exposure indicator (the visible meter). This is just how it is, and has always been. Manual is Manual, but Manual does not use the meter. [/QUOTE]

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