Canon Rebel T6 Exposure Bar Error

[Alex88156]

Hey, guys. Every time I use my camera on manual mode, I can't adjust my exposure bar [the bar that goes from -5 to +5 or whatever number it goes to] with the radial switch. All of my photos are underexposed. Any suggestions

[Waddizzle]

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@kvbarkley wrote:

Why guess?

From the T6 manual. Driverhank is right - and I knew it too, the T6S is the same way.

You aren't missing much. Just set the exposure where exposure compensation would set it.

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So, why is it that my T5 allows me to set exposure compensation.  Like I said, you cannot setup Automatic Exposure Bracketing, but I can still set up exposure compensation.  I can set exposure compensation in <M> mode with every camera body I own.

[Waddizzle]

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@Waddizzle wrote:

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@kvbarkley wrote:

Why guess?

From the T6 manual. Driverhank is right - and I knew it too, the T6S is the same way.

You aren't missing much. Just set the exposure where exposure compensation would set it.

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So, why is it that my T5 allows me to set exposure compensation.  Like I said, you cannot setup Automatic Exposure Bracketing, but I can still set up exposure compensation.  I can set exposure compensation in <M> mode with every camera body I own.

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I just pulled out my T5.  I take that back.  I've got it backwards.  You can do AEB, but not compensation.

[ScottyP]

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@Alex88156 wrote:
Hey, guys. Every time I use my camera on manual mode, I can't adjust my exposure bar [the bar that goes from -5 to +5 or whatever number it goes to] with the radial switch. All of my photos are underexposed. Any suggestions

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Hi,

The exposure meter in the viewfinder?

The bar just tells you if your combination of shutter speed, aperture (FF/number) and ISO settings are giving you a correct exposure, or whether your current combo would give you an incorrect (over or under) exposure.

You don't adjust the bar to fix the picture; you adjust one of the 3 variables, to give the camera more or less light, until the bar shows you have set a correct exposure. 

[kvbarkley]

Another thought, alex88156. First set P mode and see what settings the camera chooses. Then you can set manual mode and use the settings from P as a starting point.