Exposure compensation adjustment problem?

[suden]

I was under the impression that once you make an EV adjustment with the menu option, that the adjustment should remain unchanged until you go back in and change it; however, that's not what's happening my case. After I take the shot, it automatically resets to 0 every time.

Per the manual:

"Particularly when taking several pictures in succes-
sion, e.g. if you want a series of pictures to deliberate-
ly have a slightly lower or higher exposure for a partic-
ular reason, exposure compensation is a very useful
function. Unlike Metering memory lock, once set it
remains effective until you (deliberately) reset it..."

Is there something I'm missing here? I usually shoot in Aperture mode.

 

[bottley1]

Because the M8 has a tendency to overexpose, I have my EV permanently set to -2/3. It never strays from that setting. Maybe you have a problem with the camera. Sorry I cannot be more helpful

 

[Keith]

Does it do it when in a saved user menu setting ... 1, 2 or 3? I had a similar problem when I wasn't using saved user profiles ... once I set up three different user profiles with exposure compensation and selected one it was OK.

Also if you're using a half case it can be easy to press buttons on the back of the camera without realising it which can make the camera jump back to it's default settings.

 

[Richard Marks]

Hi
if you specifically set it as one of the 3 user profiles it should stay put. If it is just pre set but not as a profile and you for any reason go into the menu section it will cancel the pre set settings when you return. I would be better off without the pre sets.
Richard

 

[suden]

I just realized that I in fact, did have it set on a user profile...I put it on 0 profile and the EV setting remained where I set it.
Doh!