Quote Originally Posted by james
ummm. loss for words here.
how?

Look

meter, it gives you lets say 1/80 @ f5.6 you have a tripod, so you can afford to lose a bit of shutter speed ot get a narrower aperture, you turn the dial so it reads 1/60 f/6.0 then again at 1/50 f/6.3 and you're good to go, you still want the shutter speed to be a little higher than 1/50 but don't want to lose your aperture of 6.3, so you use exposure compensation to nump it down 1/3 EV and you get 1/60 @ f/6.3 and take the shot. Where as with manual, you'd just dial in f/60 @ f/6.3 then look at the meter which would say - 1/3 EV same thing, only thing is, the camera gave you a ballpark of settings to use in the semi-auto program AE with your given ISO at your set exposure. I don't see how you're at a loss for words. The only time I really use manual is when I need more than +/- 2 EV

Believe me, I know how to use my camera, you can achieve the same ffects in both P and M.