Quote Originally Posted by Steve Axford View Post
I almost always use -1 for exp compensation. This allows the camera to get the exposure wrong and still be able to fix it. It has the added advantage of using double the shutter speed so less blur and/or lower ISO.
I've done that too, even pushing -2 exp compensation. I guess it comes down to whether recovering the shadows at lower iso has more or less noise than higher iso would have had, or if the faster shutter speed enables sharper image capture... all comes down to situation ...