Exposure information can also be checked, and altered via tbe Main Dial if the user prefers a different setting than what the camera has set. Exposure compensation? Using the camera's 21-zone Evaluative metering, you will hardly need to apply any exposure compensation to the scenes you intend to shoot. However, if the need ever arise, the EOS-3's Quick Control Dial can be used to apply the required exposure compensation immediately. Take for example, these three photos below. The first photo (left) was shot without any compensation being applied, the next was with minus 1/3-stop (right) and the third (bottom, left) was given minus 2/3-stop of exposure compesation. Sunset glow on building Minus 1/3-stop of compensation     Minus 2/3-stop of compensation Backlit figure with no compensation Actually, I knew the camera's Evaluative metering would nail the first shot right on target but the warm sunset glow on the building may not be that saturated, hence the exposure compensation was applied to get the warmer tone. By the way, the original color of the building is white. As for the backlit shot of the lone man walking, using the EOS-3 with its Eye-Controlled Focus (ECF) in AI Servo AF mode to track the figure's movement, the camera was able to average out the precise exposure setting despite the strong backlight. Fellow Malaysians, especially those living in Klang Valley, would know exactly where the backlit photo was shot, which is near the Petronas Twin Towers, the world's tallest buildings. It was only natural that when I turned around, the Twin Towers became my next subject. But rather than concentrating on the overall view, I decided to have an abstract shot (below, left) instead, with the help of the Extender 2x. The backlit and the abstract photos were both shot with the new EF 70-200mm f/4L USM zoom lens. Abstract of Twin Towers Telekom Tower     Balconies of low- cost apartments Modern commercial buildings As usual, the striking conuast between the blue sky andd Kuala Lumpur's new Telekom Tower attracted my attention and I couldn't resist clicking another shot with the EF 70-200mm f/4L USM lens. Again, with the 2x Extender attached, it made the shot of the balconies of the low-cost apartments easy with Program AE mode with the EOS-3's 21-zone Evaluative metering. For those who have read the recent field-test of the EF 70-200mm f/4L USM zoom lens on the Nuts & Bolts column, they would be able to recognize the familiarity of the last photo on this page. The buildings are from the same commercial district that were used in Page Two of that issue, but with a different angle shown here. With ECF, I just looked at the middle area of the frame, the camera locked focus and I clicked the shutter button. It was easy as that. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .