5D3: No exposure compensation in manual mode.

[MLS]

I emailed Canon regarding lack of exposure compensation in manual mode on the 5D3.  They sent me the reply below.  Hoping for a firmware update to correct this issue.  If anyone else has an issue with this, please consider letting Canon know your position.  I find this seriously limits the camera's usefulness to me as a bird photographer.  

"Thank you for contacting Canon product support regarding your EOS 5D Mark III. I understand you are interested in exposure compensation when shooting in manual mode. I am happy to assist you.

You are correct that this model does not have exposure compensation in manual mode. This is something that I can submit to our engineers for consideration and may be incorporated in a future firmware release. Please note that decisions to include a particular camera feature are made by our engineers and product designers in Japan, based on a number of factors. Consumer demand, technological limitations, and customer feedback are all taken in to consideration."

[TCampbell]

This is where I do the face-palm.

The point of manual mode... is not to have the camera "automatically" changing the exposure for you.

If you'd like to dial in exposure compensation... just change your f-stop, shutter speed, or ISO.

[ebiggs1]

"I've read this complaint before & simply don't understand the idea."   What?  

I am with the two above posts!  Why?  Move the dial.  Yoy moved it to where it is move it again and "compensate".

"The point of manual mode... is not to have the camera "automatically" changing the exposure for you."

Correct.

[ebiggs1]

I don't want to hear it!

There don’t read it. Nobody cares!
It is just a good thing you guys were not photographing in the 70s, 80s, or even the 90s. You would have never made it!

[Waddizzle]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:
I don't want to hear it!

There don’t read it. Nobody cares!
It is just a good thing you guys were not photographing in the 70s, 80s, or even the 90s. You would have never made it!

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Exactly.  Nobody cares.  No one wants to listen to a dinosaur whine and complain about things he does not understand.  Like It said, if you have a problem with it, then take it up with Canon.  I did not design the cameras.  I did not petition Canon to add the feature, either.  

I don't want to hear it!  If you want to complain about it, then LEAVE my name out of it.  Thank-you.  RTFM, dude.